The rare birth defect is associated with the mosquito-borne Zika virus. — -- At the center of the Zika virus crisis is the rise of a dangerous condition called microcephaly. The rare birth defect ...

The decision is based not on one single piece of conclusive evidence, but rather a growing body of research. A report on the CDC’s decision was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. The ...

CHICAGO, April 13 (Reuters) - After several weeks of study and debate, U.S. health officials concluded that infection with the Zika virus during pregnancy causes the birth defect microcephaly, a ...

Mutations in the ASPM gene are the most common cause of primary hereditary microcephaly in humans, a condition characterized by a severely reduced brain size. While ASPM has been studied in rodents ...

Here are four things to know: 1. In the report, CDC officials detailed a wealth of evidence proving Zika causes the birth defect. 2. The World Health Organization declared the microcephaly epidemic an ...

There isn’t enough evidence to claim that Zika virus causes abnormally small heads in babies of infected mothers, according to a UW-Madison study that challenges government findings. A government ...