A report making the rounds online claims that a larvicide called pyriproxyfen -- not the Zika virus-- is behind the recent surge in the cases of microcephaly in Brazil. The claim has fueled conspiracy ...

What Is K9 Advantix II (Imidacloprid/Permethrin/Pyriproxyfen Topical)? K9 Advantix II (other brand names: Activate II, Provecta Advanced) is a combination medicine ...

Before Covid, there was Zika. In 2015, the number of babies born in Brazil with small heads and brains – a condition known as microcephaly – suddenly increased dramatically. The severe deformities ...

A report last week has raised questions about a pesticide used to kill mosquito larvae, linking its use to the increase in cases of microcephaly in Brazil. But researchers say that's an unlikely ...

Before COVID, there was Zika. In 2015, the number of babies born in Brazil with small heads and brains—a condition known as microcephaly—suddenly increased dramatically. The severe deformities left ...

Ian Musgrave receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council to study contaminants in herbal medicines. He has received ARC funding for studying Alzheimer's disease in the ...

With the proposed connection between the Zika virus and Brazil's outbreak of microcephaly in new born babies looking increasingly tenuous, Latin American doctors are proposing another possible cause: ...