Zika infects brain cells responsible for memory and cognitive function. Lasting effects of the infection on adult brains could be more significant than previously thought, according to a recent study ...

This article originally appeared on Fortune. About 10% of pregnant American women who contracted the Zika virus had children or fetuses with birth defects, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

This Virus Causes Damage in Babies' Brains. Now, It May Fight Brain Cancer in Adults.

image: Zika infection during pregnancy can lead to birth defects such as microcephaly, and a new study shows it can cause other complications in infant mice such as seizures and motor deficits that ...

One big part of the puzzle: Why have there been so many microcephaly cases in the northeastern tip of Brazil? How Dangerous Is Zika For Babies, Really? This year we've learned an amazing amount about ...

Approximately 1 in 10 of pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections in the U.S. had a baby or fetus with birth defects in 2016, according to a new Vital Signs report from the CDC. In 2016, nearly 1 ...

image: Zika virus infection induced brain atrophy in infant mice. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 6 June, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, ...