Around 14 percent of babies whose mothers contracted Zika while pregnant ended up with a birth defect, developmental abnormality, or both, according a report released by the US government today ...

"For Zika to infect newborn babies, it means the virus has to pass from the mother across the placental barrier, which usually only allows select molecules to pass through, like nutrients and ...

This past year, the Zika virus has emerged as global problem ... in which the head of babies whose mothers have been infected with Zika during pregnancy are abnormally small.

Zika virus can be spread this way ... s still not entirely clear how damaging the virus can be to the health of babies. “Currently, the number of cases in the U.S. remains low,” Vaughan ...

Health officials in Colombia are warning that as many as 600 babies could be born with microcephaly this year. With the second highest rate of Zika virus infections after Brazil, Colombia has more ...

In most cases Zika virus disease is a mild illness, but Zika virus can cause a serious birth defect known as microcephaly, in which babies have abnormally small heads and symptoms that range from mild ...

Latin America’s Zika virus is the latest undocumented immigrant ... to an explosion of microcephaly among an estimated 4,000 babies. RELATED: Will the EPA Cause a Zika Pandemic?

While much about the tropical disease remains unknown, the recent spate of infections has raised questions about whether it could become the next Zika virus. Here’s everything you need to know ...

During the study, expecting or new mothers and individuals infected with the Zika virus, along with potential effects on babies born to mothers infected with the Zika virus in Pune during the Zika ...

A review of four years’ worth of medical records finds far greater numbers of microcephaly cases from before the ongoing Zika virus epidemic than had been ... the medical records of more than 16,000 ...

Is the threat of the Zika virus affecting your vacation plans? If you're expecting or planning to become a mom or dad-to-be soon, you're right to be concerned. As the Centers for Disease Control ...