Microcephaly is a rare birth defect in which a baby has a head that’s much smaller than average for their age. Some babies with microcephaly have no health problems at all, while others need lifelong ...

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A woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth to a baby with the brain-damaging disorder microcephaly in Spain on Monday, her hospital said, the first case of its kind in Europe. The mother, who has ...

Brain abnormalities in babies born with microcephaly and associated with the current Zika virus epidemic in Brazil are described by a team of doctors in a new study published in The BMJ today. The ...

CAMPINA GRANDE, Brazil (Reuters) - Ianka Barbosa was 7 months pregnant when she found out her child had microcephaly. Before the baby was even born, the father had gone. Barbosa, 18, blames the ...

The first baby born in the continental United States with birth defects caused by the terrifying Zika virus is almost 2 years old and living in New Jersey. Darah Girón Funes smiles, laughs and ...

GUARENAS, Venezuela – Deep inside a hilly Venezuelan slum, Ericka Torres rocks her three-month-old son Jesus to soothe his near-constant crying. Jesus was diagnosed with microcephaly, a birth defect ...

SHORTLY after her birth last year, little Isabel Dunning’s parents were told to prepare to say goodbye to her. Adorable Isabel was critically ill after being born at just 25 weeks with a host of ...

About 1 in 20 women who became infected with Zika during their pregnancies had a baby with microcephaly or other birth defects that were probably caused by the virus, according to a new report from ...