The full range of long-term health problems caused by congenital Zika virus exposure might not be apparent at birth or recognized until infancy and early childhood. In some cases, infants born to ...

Zika virus is a mild infection for most people but it can be dangerous during pregnancy, causing infants to be born with abnormally small heads (microcephaly) and other congenital malformations. A new ...

HACKENSACK, New Jersey -- A Honduran woman infected with Zika gave birth in New Jersey to a baby girl with birth defects caused by the virus, her doctor said Wednesday. The infant is the second born ...

Zika virus is transmitted through the bite of the Aedes aegypti mosquito. For many it is harmless with no symptoms, but if transmitted from mother to baby via the placenta it can result in babies ...

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A baby in Texas was born with Zika-linked microcephly, a condition in which babies have abnormally small heads and incomplete brain development. The baby was born in Harris County, where Houston is ...

Samantha Mejia was elated when she discovered she was pregnant during a family visit to Honduras over the Christmas holiday. Less than two months later, she’s lost the baby and she is wondering if ...

Approximately 1 in 10 of pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections in the U.S. had a baby or fetus with birth defects in 2016, according to a new Vital Signs report from the CDC. In 2016, nearly 1 ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with partner organizations, has published Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible ...