One of the reasons it's been so troubling is that it's a cause of a serious birth defect called microcephaly, in which the head of babies whose mothers have been infected with Zika during ...

The virus can cause Zika virus disease. 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 ...

This new understanding could significantly change the way doctors protect fetuses from infections that lead to serious health conditions, like microcephaly, where the baby's head is significantly ...

After undergoing further tests, it was decided that the pregnancy needed to be terminated "because of severe microcephaly". Blood samples from the mum and tissue samples from the baby were sent to ...

“The number of ZVD cases reported in 2024 in Maharashtra state is the highest since 2021 compared with respectively one, three and 18 ZIKV disease cases reported in 2021, 2022 and 2023,” the WHO said, ...