Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed to establish collaborations between ASU researchers and Mexico’s Salud Digna for studies related to preventative health-care services. This MOU provides our group access to flavivirus samples for diagnostics development. (ASU News story)

Alexander Green, Ph.D., of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, has been selected as one of three finalists for the Phoenix Business Journal’s Health Care Hero award in the research/innovator category. The annual award honors exemplary performance in the Phoenix health care industry. (ASU News story)

Fear of the Zika virus is spreading as images of afflicted infants fill the news. Hoping to foil Zika’s rapid advance, researchers from the Wyss Institute in Boston, along with colleagues from Arizona State University, have developed a low-cost, practical diagnostic that can be easily administered, even in areas where resources and medical expertise are scarce. (ASU News story)