Even if only 1% of Zika-infected babies develop microcephaly, that could overwhelm the health systems of developing countries that aren't equipped to care for severely disabled children, said ...

We speak to the women infected with the Zika virus in Brazil a decade ago about what life is like with their children now.

Microcephaly causes severe neurological problems, including seizures, eye and hearing problems, and motor difficulties similar to cerebral palsy. There is no known treatment for Zika, or a way to ...

Zika virus infection in utero may cause additional birth defects. — -- Researchers are learning more about the Zika virus and how it affects the development of infants in utero -- and what ...

Zika researchers are studying sets of twins in Brazil to see why one has microcephaly and the other does not. The answer may lie in the babies’ respective genes.

Still, the island nation also experienced a noticeable increase in microcephaly during its 2013-2014 Zika outbreak. French Polynesia normally has no more than two cases of microcephaly each year.

And that’s why we saw the microcephaly in 2015. But in 2016, it was predominantly chikungunya, not Zika, and that’s why we saw Guillain-Barré, but not microcephaly.” ...

Jennifer Lewis, who runs the U.S. based Microcephaly Foundation and has a 12-year-old daughter with the condition, is not surprised fathers in northeast Brazil are abandoning partners and children.

Microcephaly can cause severe psychomotor impairment, but there is a way to try to prevent it. Here, physiotherapist Jeime Lara Leal works with four-month-old Lucas at Pedro I hospital in Campina ...

Mom in possible Zika-related case says her original doctor said she'd be "fine." — -- The mother of an infant born in New Jersey with microcephaly said a doctor in her home country of ...