birth defect

The same network of transcription factors may be responsible for both cleft palate and neural tube defects, according to a new study connecting mouse and human data.

A zebrafish model of the birth defect craniosynostosis provides insights into how the condition develops.

The CDC finds one in seven children exposed to the virus in utero experiences health problems by age one.

Certain non-chromosomal defects are strongly associated with specific childhood cancers.

Studies in mice suggest that other flaviviruses, such as West Nile virus and Powassan virus, may cause birth defects, too. 

The rise occurred in areas with confirmed local transmission, according to a new CDC report. 

Signaling pathways triggered by the mother’s immune system may cause complications during fetal development.

In humans, the DNA vaccine elicited the production of antibodies, which then protected mice from Zika infection.

Infants born to mothers who were infected with the virus during pregnancy—including babies who do not show signs of microcephaly—may experience other birth defects.

Microcephaly is but one of the birth defects associated with infection in babies, a study suggests. The virus persists and replicates in the infant brain, according to another study.

More locally acquired cases in Florida; fetal brain damage investigated

More local transmission within the U.S.; babies born with costly birth defects; virus persists in a patient’s semen for six months

Researchers in Brazil ponder whether virus alone causes birth defects; Colombia declares epidemic over; first Zika-related microcephaly case reported in Europe

Sexual transmission more common than thought; NIH to track infections among Olympians; Zika-related birth defects draw attention to another common virus

Head circumference is not an accurate indicator of viral infection in newborns, researchers report.

A fetus whose mother is infected with Zika during the first trimester of her pregnancy has a risk of between 1 percent and 13 percent of developing microcephaly, according to a study.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issues a series of recommendations to limit the pregnancy-related risks of the mosquito-borne virus.

A study provides stronger evidence for the causal link between Zika infection and microcephaly, and warns of a host of other birth defects associated with the virus.

Uptick in Guillain-Barré syndrome; Zika data-sharing snags; Brazilian state discontinues larvicide