The Zika virus takes root in Miami

Aedes aegypti mosquito

Flickr/James Gathany

News of the first U.S. home-grown Zika outbreak is alarming, Tabitha M. Powledge writes: "The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued its first-ever travel advisory in the United States. It says pregnant women (and women planning conception or who might be pregnant) should stay out of a one-square-mile neighborhood in Miami that seems to be an infection hotspot for the Zika virus." Also, gene-doping at the Olympics? And brain training for dementia?

August 6, 2016

ADVERTISEMENT
BWF Climate Change and Human Health Seed Grants

ADVERTISEMENT
EurekAlert! Travel Awards

ADVERTISEMENT
Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications