Pregnant women across Latin America and the Caribbean are now fearful of the Zika virus and the effects it might have on their fetuses’ brains. But when it comes to viruses that cause birth defects, ...

Laura Sweet had no idea that she had contracted a virus that would leave her daughter, Jane, deaf by her first birthday. During her second pregnancy, doctors had warned her against alcohol and ...

A City of Hope scientist is one step closer to discovering what weakens a pathogen that appears to cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads. Interestingly, it takes studying "mini brains" ...

When Leah and Travis Wright saw news reports about the spread of the Zika virus in Brazil and the suspected tie to a little-known birth defect, no one had to tell them about the devastation caused by ...

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, ...

A City of Hope scientist is one step closer to discovering what weakens a pathogen that appears to cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads. Interestingly, it takes studying brain organoids ...

Histology of kidney cells infected with the CMV virus. Symptoms of CMV include petechial rash and hepatosplenomegaly. Other symptoms include intracranial calcifications. CMV patients often present ...

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 ...

As many as 6 percent of children born with Zika-induced microcephaly may have hearing loss, a new study from Brazil suggests. And the authors warn that other children who were infected with the virus ...

Microcephaly, small head size in new born, is a rare condition. This condition has recently gained much media and public focus because of its association with the Zika virus. On February 1 this year, ...