Yaritza Martinez was infected with the Zika virus when she was 12 weeks pregnant. Doctors in Washington, D.C., are studying her son and other children to see if the virus has affected their health.

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 ...

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 ...

For every baby born with microcephaly, there could be 10 to 100 more born with subtle damage related to Zika, Hotez said. The virus has been linked to pregnancy loss, growth restriction in the ...

The Zika virus has been found to cause microcephaly and other birth defects. — -- A first of its kind study of U.S.-born babies exposed to the Zika virus shows higher rates of birth defects ...

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.

It’s been clear for a while now that pregnant women who become infected with the Zika virus are more likely to have babies with microcephaly, neural tube defects and other serious problems.

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 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.

The babies’ disabilities range widely, depending in part on how early in the pregnancy their mothers got Zika. Many are missing key developmental milestones, such as sitting up, smiling, or ...

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.