Images from Brazil of babies with undersized heads, a condition called microcephaly, are unsettling, and the surge in cases raises many questions about what the future may hold for these children, ...

Of the many mysteries that remain about the Zika virus and its attack on the Americas, perhaps the most puzzling one relates to the bizarre distribution of babies born with Zika-induced microcephaly.

Microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with abnormally small heads, was a rare, fairly unknown disorder before the Zika outbreak drew attention to it. While the virus hasn’t been confirmed ...

A first-of-its-kind study is strengthening the case that Zika is the culprit behind Brazil’s mysterious surge in babies born with microcephaly. Preliminary results from a study commissioned by the ...

The Zika virus epidemic that began in Brazil in 2015 and quickly spread to other countries caused an unprecedented flood of ...

Now that Zika virus has begun spreading in the continental United States for the first time, there's growing concern about the potential impact on pregnant women and unborn babies. The CDC issued a ...

Early ultrasounds may not pick up signs of microcephaly in pregnant women infected with Zika virus, a newly published paper suggests. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday evening that new data suggests the mosquito-borne Zika virus is a cause of birth defects like microcephaly, a costly and ...

The most obvious symptom of microcephaly is that the child has a smaller head than others of the same age and gender. Pregnant women who become infected with Zika virus may be at risk for not only ...

When Daryle Koltay was born, his mother, Lisa, wasn’t able to celebrate her new baby. Instead she panicked. Daryle’s head had a circumference of only 12 inches, about 2 inches below average. Lisa and ...

Woman gave birth to child with microcephaly in New Jersey. — -- An infant born in New Jersey yesterday is the second known baby born in the U.S. suspected of having Zika-related microcephaly The ...

“It is now clear that the virus causes microcephaly,” CDC director says. — -- The Zika virus has been confirmed to cause a rare birth defect called microcephaly and other severe problems of the ...