Zika Virus News

• Neonates May Be Unprotected from SARS-CoV-2 Transmission No maternal viremia, placental infection, or vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurred during a biorepository study that included 64 women with SARS-CoV-2 infection.
  Medscape Medical News, January 05, 2021
• Underestimating the Coronavirus...Until It Was Too Late When Chinese officials revealed that their pneumonia outbreak was caused by another new coronavirus, Asian countries hit hard by SARS knew what they had to do. The US learned all the wrong lessons.
  Kaiser Health News, December 21, 2020
• The Vaccine Was Fast. Here's How to Make it Even Faster The most ambitious vaccine advancement in history is well underway. Scientists, however, say they have the capability to shave months off this timeline to save lives in pandemic times.
  Medscape Medical News, December 18, 2020
• COVID-19 Vaccine FAQ: Safety, Side Effects, Efficacy WebMD went to the experts for answers to a dozen frequently asked questions about the vaccine. Here's what you need to know.
  WebMD Health News, December 17, 2020
• What Is the Best Strategy to Deploy a Covid-19 Vaccine? Mathematicians are playing a key role in fighting the pandemic by modeling different scenarios for a vaccine rollout.
  Undark, November 19, 2020
• Is the Trump Administration Eroding Trust in the FDA? Experts worry that politically-motivated acts by the Trump administration will undermine COVID-19 therapies.
  Undark, October 16, 2020
• When Children's Covid-19 Symptoms Won't Go Away Many parents report that pediatricians, initially convinced the symptoms are caused by Covid-19, grow more skeptical as the weeks progress.
  Undark, September 02, 2020
• Beyond Microcephaly: Zika-Affected Children Near School Age Following up with those born to women infected with Zika while pregnant is now more important than ever, experts say.
  Medscape Medical News, August 31, 2020
• Disease-Ridden Mosquitoes Fly Free as Health Depts Focus on COVID Communities must wait until potentially deadly mosquito-borne illnesses such as the West Nile virus sicken humans to find out if the insects are carrying disease.
  Kaiser Health News, July 20, 2020
• How Viruses Evolve May Affect Course of COVID-19 Pandemic Pathogens that switch to a new host species have some adapting to do. How does that affect the course of a pandemic like COVID-19?
  Knowable Magazine, July 20, 2020
• CDC Revises COVID-19 Risks During Pregnancy as Research Lags Experts say a new CDC study on COVID-19 in pregnancy has startling data gaps that endanger pregnant women and babies.
  Undark, July 14, 2020
• Analysis: How A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly The United States is the only developed nation unable to balance cost, efficacy and social good in setting prices.
  Kaiser Health News, July 08, 2020
• Hollowed-Out Public Health System Faces More Cuts Amid Virus The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources necessary to confront the worst health crisis in a century.
  Kaiser Health News, July 01, 2020
• How a Vaccine Made of Mosquito Spit Could Help Stop the Next Epidemic Five years ago, in an office complex with a giant sculpture of a mosquito just northwest of Phnom Penh, Jessica Manning struck on a novel idea.
  Reuters Health Information, June 12, 2020
• For Experts Who Study Coronaviruses, a Grim Vindication They warned that the next great pandemic would be a coronavirus, but research funding went to studying other threats.
  Undark, June 09, 2020
• SARS-CoV-2 in Semen of COVID-19 Patients? Researchers report evidence of SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, in the semen of patients; the data raise the possibility of sexual transmission, but experts say there is no evidence of infectivity.
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2020
• WHO Officials Rethink Epidemic Messaging Amid Pandemic Debate The World Health Organization is considering changing the way it classifies and describes international epidemics, amid a protracted public debate over whether to call the outbreak of the new coronavirus a pandemic.
  Reuters Health Information, March 13, 2020
• Managing SARS-CoV-2 Infection During Pregnancy: Proposed Algorithm Researchers have developed an algorithm for managing pregnant women at risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and urge its adoption by healthcare facilities.
  Reuters Health Information, March 09, 2020
• No Evidence of Intrauterine Vertical Transmission of 2019 Coronavirus Disease There has been no evidence of intrauterine transmission of 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection from mother to fetus, according to a retrospective review.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2020
• 'We're Not the Walking Dead': Americans Face Coronavirus Quarantine Stigma When Esther Tebeka, one of more than 1,000 Americans evacuated from China due to the coronavirus outbreak, ended her 14-day quarantine with no signs of the disease, she thought she could get on with her life.
  Reuters Health Information, February 20, 2020