MICHAEL SMITH: When a pregnant woman gets zika virus, doctors believe it can cause a serious, often fatal birth defect called microcephaly. That means the baby's head and brain are much smaller ...

“Incidents of Microcephaly or congenital malformations in babies due to Zika virus have not yet been reported ... services and state head of the vector-borne disease control programme, had ...

Zika is a mosquito-borne virus that can cause serious birth defects in babies born to infected mothers. The virus has spread rapidly in recent years, and it is now a global health concern.

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 ...

a condition where babies are born with impaired brain development. That's up from 100 to 200 cases per year before the return of the virus last May. Zika first appeared in Uganda in 1947 ...

Zika remains widespread in many South and Central American countries, and the virus is currently being locally transmitted in a neighborhood in Miami. The CDC has tallied 16 infants born in the US ...

A surge of infections from a tropical virus is ... with Zika virus. Known as Oropouche virus, it can trigger a fever that may cause pregnant people to miscarry or their babies to have birth ...

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 ...

It has been estimated that more than 200,000 cases of Zika virus disease occurred, and approximately 8600 babies were born with malformations in that country. The epidemic has since waned and as of ...

For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Zika virus website. A list of areas with active, mosquito-borne transmission of the Zika virus is available on the CDC website.