Articles about zika

Open-source project uses genetic data from viruses to help scientists track outbreaks in real time

In the midst of viral outbreaks like Zika or Ebola, having the right information at the right time can be… Read More

How Microsoft’s Project Premonition uses robotic traps to zero in on Zika mosquitoes

BOSTON – Microsoft’s robotic mosquito trap is so smart it can tell one insect species from another – and that’s good… Read More

As millions visit Rio Olympics, a lack of funding leaves Zika researchers in the dark

Millions of athletes, trainers, and adoring sports fans will fill the streets of Rio today. Champions from around the globe… Read More

Twitter vs. Zika: IBM teams with Brazilian organization to battle virus using social media

IBM announced today that they will supply technology and pro-bono work to the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), a Brazilian science and technology organization,… Read More

This Seattle biotech startup just secured funding to tackle the Zika virus

Seattle-based biotech startup Kineta announced today that it has received an undisclosed amount of funding to expand research that could… Read More

Microsoft’s ‘Project Premonition’ mosquito trap fights Zika and other diseases ‘1,000 times better’ than other systems

A Microsoft research team is partnering with Harris County in Houston, Texas, to tests a new type of mosquito trap.… Read More

Gates Foundation CEO explains how giving mosquitos an STD could halt the spread of Zika

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding an approach to fighting Zika that relies on giving mosquitos a sexually… Read More

PATH opens new vaccine innovation center with $11M from Gates Foundation

PATH, the Seattle-based global heath nonprofit, is opening a new Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access, funded initially through an $11 million… Read More