HONOLULU -- Health officials say a baby born in a Hawaii hospital is the first in the U.S. with a birth defect linked to the Zika virus, a tropical illness currently found in Latin American and ...

HOUSTON -- Texas officials have confirmed that an infant who recently died in Harris County had microcephaly linked to the Zika virus. The baby passed away shortly after birth and is the first ...

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – A Texas infant’s death in Harris County has been linked to the Zika virus. The baby was reportedly pronounced dead shortly after it was born becoming the first death ...

On July 22, officials from the New York City Department of Health announced the city’s first case of Zika-related microcephaly in a baby born in a city hospital to a mother who contracted the virus ...

CDC issues new guidelines as more women diagnosed with the virus. — -- The Zika virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen that has been linked to a rise of birth defects in Brazil, has been found in at ...

Approximately 1 in 10 of pregnant women with confirmed Zika infections in the U.S. had a baby or fetus with birth defects in 2016, according to a new Vital Signs report from the CDC. In 2016, nearly 1 ...

A baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly remained hospitalized in northern New Jersey on Wednesday with the first such birth defect case in the Northeast and the third in the nation, officials at ...

Infection with Zika virus (ZIKV) in pregnancy can lead to neurological disorders, fetal abnormalities, and fetal death. Until now it’s not been clear how the virus manages to cross the placenta, which ...

HACKENSACK, NJ — has given birth to a baby with microcephaly after contracting Zika somewhere outside the country. ABC reports the woman gave birth to the baby at the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital ...

Samantha Mejia was elated when she discovered she was pregnant during a family visit to Honduras over the Christmas holiday. Less than two months later, she’s lost the baby and she is wondering if ...

CDC advises pregnant women not to go to 24 countries due to Zika outbreak. — -- While the Zika virus is a major concern for parents in countries where the outbreak is spreading, couples in the ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with partner organizations, has published Guidance for the Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Management of Infants with Possible ...