Zika Virus

There are over 30,000 different bugs in Texas, making it one of the most biologically diverse regions in the United States. Some of the most common types found in Texas are mosquitoes, ants, termites, cockroaches, beetles, and flies.

Heath Officials made the tragic announcement Tuesday that a new-born from the Houston area has become the first Zika-related death in Texas.

In efforts to control the spread of the Zika virus, Texas officials authorized Medicaid to cover prescription mosquito repellent for women according to the Texas Tribune. The Zika virus has been linked in pregnant woman to microcephaly, which can cause babies to be born with abnormal size brains and skulls...

There have been 19 confirmed cases of Zika in Texas this year.

Zika Virus Confirmed to be in Bell County

Bat Houses are becoming more popular in Central Texas because of the Zika virus.

In a press release from Copperas Cove Deputy Fire Chief Gary D. Young, The City of Copperas Cove Division of Emergency Management staff are not aware of any cases of diseases being spread within the Cove community from the bite of mosquitos...

Brazil signed an agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston to jointly conduct research in order to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, which was now been transmitted in the United States.

The first case of Zika that was locally acquired in the United States was confirmed in Texas on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.