Babies exposed to the Zika virus as fetuses are more than 50 times more likely to be born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains — a condition called microcephaly — as other babies, ...

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.

Aedes aegypti mosquitos are seen in a lab at the Fiocruz institute on January 26, 2016 in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil. Senior Correspondent As Zika virus infections continue to spread, with cases ...

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 ...

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 ...

This week, the World Health Organization labelled the Zika virus a public health emergency. Here is a look at the evidence of the relationship between the virus and microcephaly. In September 2015 ...

Brazil's microcephaly epidemic continues to pose a mystery -- if Zika is the culprit, why are there no similar epidemics in other countries also hit hard by the virus? In Brazil, the microcephaly rate ...

The Zika virus might have been just another mosquito-borne infection—only on our radar if we lived in or planned to visit a tropical setting, much like yellow fever, dengue fever, or Chikungunya—if ...

Microcephaly is a congenital condition in which the newborn baby’s head is abnormally small head for his or her age or stage of development. Although microcephaly does not always have an impact beyond ...

The woman was visiting the U.S. when she gave birth, officials said. — -- A woman visiting the U.S. has given birth to a baby with microcephaly after contracting Zika elsewhere, officials said.

Puerto Rico has reported its first case of brain defect microcephaly amid the ongoing Zika virus outbreak. The defect, which results in small heads and severe brain damage in infants, has been linked ...

CHICAGO – Studies from three different teams of scientists offered proof on Wednesday that Zika can reach and destroy brain cells in the fetuses of pregnant mice, findings that solidify the link ...