Babies Exposed to Zika Virus in First Trimester More Likely to Have Birth Defects, Study Says The Zika virus has been found to cause microcephaly and other birth defects.

Most Babies Exposed To Zika Are Doing Well : Shots - Health News Yaritza Martinez was infected with the Zika virus when she was 12 weeks pregnant. Doctors in Washington, D.C., are studying her son ...

But if the findings stand, Zika's impact on a generation of babies could be far more sweeping than previously thought. "We need to follow these babies over time to see how they develop," Nielsen says.

More federal money finally is available to fight Zika even as the news worsens. Babies who at first seem to have escaped the virus' devastating hallmark defect — an abnormally small head at ...

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 ...

Of 1,450 babies exposed to the Zika virus during gestation and tracked through their first year of life, one in seven showed signs of at least one health problem linked to the infection ...

The damage caused by Zika in babies with microcephaly is unique enough that doctors believe they may soon be able to identify it as the likely culprit in a case by looking at brain scans alone.

When Zulmarys Molina was three months pregnant, she got the Zika virus from a mosquito Zika has been linked to microcephaly, a condition where babies have unusually small heads and underdeveloped ...

A new report highlights the range of damage Zika infection can cause a developing fetus. Zika Virus Causes Damage to Infants Beyond Microcephaly, Study Finds Brain Damage in Zika Babies Is Far ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that in their first year of life, 14 percent of babies exposed to Zika before birth had one or more health problems likely caused by the ...

When Zulmarys Molina was three months pregnant, she got the Zika virus from a mosquito Zika has been linked to microcephaly, a condition where babies have unusually small heads and underdeveloped ...