Although Zika virus infection is rarely fatal in healthy individuals, it poses a significant threat to pregnant women, as it can cause severe fetal complications such as microcephaly, leading to ...

Zika leads to mild illness in most people, but can seriously harm the brains of babies in the womb, causing microcephaly, a rare condition in which a newborn's head is unusually small. The ...

The Oropouche virus has been linked to Zika-like outcomes in pregnant people, with cases more than doubling in 2024 ...

Heading south for the winter? Oropouche virus, a new infectious disease, has been reported in travelers from Canada and the ...

Health experts are warning about a tropical disease spread by midges and mosquitoes, recently detected in US travelers ...

2025 — The mosquito-borne Zika virus is known for causing microcephaly, a birth defect in which abnormal brain development results in a smaller-than-expected head. A new study shows that the ...

Medscape Medical News, April 15, 2016 Early Ultrasounds May Miss Zika-Induced Microcephaly Zika virus fetal brain damage was undetectable by ultrasound through week 17 of gestation. Experts called ...

Known as Oropouche virus, it can trigger a fever that may cause pregnant people to miscarry or their babies to have birth defects known as microcephaly ... mpox and Zika virus, Vaughan said.

Heading south for the winter? Oropouche virus, a new infectious disease, has been reported in travellers from Canada and the United States who visited ...

including microcephaly and neurological disorders. Bangladesh recorded over 100,100 hospitalizations and 575 deaths from dengue last year. Emerging viral pathogens like chikungunya and Zika are ...

However, Zika virus infection can also cause serious fetal complications when infecting pregnant women, such as microcephaly, leading to increased risk of death and intellectual disability in the ...

Just like dengue and Zika, this mosquito-borne disease is spreading rapidly, causing outbreaks and raising public health concerns.