Now that Zika virus has begun spreading in the continental United States for the first time, there's growing concern about the potential impact on pregnant women and unborn babies. The CDC issued a ...

Pregnant women are being urged to think twice before travelling to Latin American and Caribbean countries battling a rise in cases of microcephaly—a rare but brutal condition that shrinks the brains ...

If a pregnant woman contracts Zika, how likely is her fetus to develop an abnormally small head? Scientists don’t yet know, but they might be getting closer to an answer. On Wednesday, researchers put ...

When an outbreak strikes, the Epidemic Intelligence Service is the cavalry. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ships this branch to the front lines, where they investigate the causes and ...

Jacqueline Silva de Oliveira sits on the edge of her bed, holding her 6-month-old son, Lucas. He squirms in her arms before he finally screams out, hungry and demanding milk. His twin sister, Laura, ...

CINCINNATI (Liz Bonis) - At least four people in Ohio have been confirmed to have the Zika virus and as concerns continue to spread two local families are speaking up. They want others to know more ...

The morning after Christine Grounds gave birth to her son Nicholas, she awoke to find a neurologist examining her baby. It was summer 2006, and Nicholas was her first child. There had been no ...

HOUSTON – The news Wednesday that an infant in Harris County was diagnosed with microcephaly at birth has many asking what microcephaly is. Microcephaly is a birth defect where a baby's head is much ...

"These babies do not catch up as they grow," says Dr. Antonio Augusto Moura da Silva of the Federal University of Maranhao, Sao Luis, Brazil. He's describing the findings from a study of 48 babies ...

An outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus has affected people across parts of South America, Central America, the Caribbean, and Mexico since the first recent case was confirmed in Brazil in May.

The sun beats down on my head as I walk, sweat pouring off my body. A recent rain is steaming off the streets of Pau da Lima, one of the poorest favelas – slums – in the northeastern city of Salvador, ...