As Zika virus infections continue to spread, with cases reported in parts of Florida and southeast Asia, most people are familiar with the virus’s most damaging effects: on the developing fetus during ...

Images from Brazil of babies with undersized heads, a condition called microcephaly, are unsettling, and the surge in cases raises many questions about what the future may hold for these children, ...

When Daryle Koltay was born, his mother, Lisa, wasn’t able to celebrate her new baby. Instead she panicked. Daryle’s head had a circumference of only 12 inches, about 2 inches below average. Lisa and ...

A first-of-its-kind study is strengthening the case that Zika is the culprit behind Brazil’s mysterious surge in babies born with microcephaly. Preliminary results from a study commissioned by the ...

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 ...

Measuring head circumference (also known as occipito-frontal circumference) is a significant part of the proper evaluation of a child’s growth and development, as it represents a direct indication of ...

Babies exposed to the Zika virus as fetuses are more than 50 times more likely to be born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains — a condition called microcephaly — as other babies, ...

A killer is on the loose in the Americas, blamed for dozens of deaths and thousands of critical injuries. Officials have identified a prime suspect that appears to have the means, motive and ...

Doctors believe an increased number of microcephaly cases in Brazil is due to the use of a Monsanto-manufactured pesticide. Multiple credible public health experts are investigating a concurrent ...

The Zika virus might have been just another mosquito-borne infection—only on our radar if we lived in or planned to visit a tropical setting, much like yellow fever, dengue fever, or Chikungunya—if ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Amy Ottaway, watching her son Dylan take his first steps just days short of his second birthday was "the most magical thing ...

Microcephaly has come to prominence since the news reports of the Zika virus being linked to birth defects. The condition causes the head to be small in size and the brain to under-develop. But it is ...