Zika

Zika spreads in U.S., is prevented in Cuba

Transmission of Zika is escalating in Florida. As of Aug. 24, the number of locally contracted Zika cases jumped to…

August 30, 2016

Facing explosion of Zika in Puerto Rico, protest stops toxic spraying before it starts

There is widespread opposition in Puerto Rico to the imposition of aerial spraying of Naled by the Centers for Disease…

August 11, 2016

Zika, the Olympics and the Brazilian coup

More than 230 scientific researchers, bioethicists and health experts from around the world have written an open letter charging that…

June 24, 2016

Zika: Crisis of the poor

As the thermometer soars past 90 degrees and Zika arrives in the Southern states, summer won’t be fun and games,…

June 12, 2016

Congreso paralizado mientras Zika azota

Mientras el Congreso estadounidense dota cientos de miles de millones de dólares a la expansión militar, reduce programas de salud…

June 1, 2016

Congress fiddles while Zika looms

While the U.S. Congress votes hundreds of billions of dollars for military expansion, it is squeezing health programs vital to…

May 26, 2016

Gulf Coast faces spread of Zika

With no national funding or coordinated prevention plan to stop it, the Zika virus is starting to sweep through the…

May 5, 2016

Cuba, Puerto Rico and Zika

The Caribbean countries of Puerto Rico and Cuba, both located near the Zika hot zone, have similar peoples and climates…

April 3, 2016

Zika spreads north as new evidence links virus to neurological disorders

As the Zika-carrying mosquito, Aedes aegypti, hits Puerto Rico, new evidence reinforces the disease’s link to two neural disorders, microcephaly…

March 25, 2016

Zika, microcephaly and global climate change

Are deforestation and global climate change responsible for the Zika crisis sweeping across equatorial countries in the Western Hemisphere? Are…

February 25, 2016