From the outside, babies born with microcephaly all have the telltale features: Doll-sized heads on human-sized bodies, their foreheads sloped precipitously away from their faces. But on the inside, ...

The Zika virus has spread rapidly in the Americas since its first identification in Brazil in early 2015. Prenatal Zika virus infection has been linked to adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, most ...

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, ...

Sept. 15 -- MONDAY, Sept. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Children born with a much smaller-than-average head size are more likely to have neurological and cognitive problems, and should be screened for them, ...

How Does a Baby Get Microcephaly? Your doctor may not be able to tell you why this happened to your baby. In most cases, the exact cause is unknown. It can be brought on by: A problem with your genes ...

Your doctor can measure your baby’s growth in several ways. For example, your doctor will check your baby’s height or length and their weight to learn if they’re growing normally. Another measure of ...

A report from the New England Journal of Medicine has confirmed that the Zika virus is a cause of microcephaly and other birth defects. The Zika virus has been confirmed as a cause of microcephaly and ...

As the number of Zika-linked microcephaly cases in Brazil continues to rise, Brazilian physicians are in desperate need of diagnostic and imaging tools—and, most important, answers, says Rosana ...

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 mosquito-borne Zika virus is causing international concern as a result of its link to microcephaly, a rare birth defect in which babies are born with unusually small heads and incomplete brain ...

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- The CDC has confirmed what has long been suspected --that Zika virus does cause birth defects. Mosquitoes in the United States are soon likely to carry and spread the virus. There ...