“These papers are the link that was missing,” Shannan Rossi of the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), who was not involved in the studies, told The Scientist. “Up until this point, there was ...

Microcephaly is a congenital malformation that leads to a significantly reduced brain size and is often accompanied by developmental delay. An international research team led by Dr. Tran Tuoc from the ...

Weighing several lines of evidence, scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined that Zika virus infection can cause microcephaly and other birth defects.

The birth of a human being requires billions of cell divisions to go from a fertilised egg to a baby. At each of these divisions, the genetic material of the mother cell duplicates itself to be ...

Hearing the word microcephaly can bring severe distress. You may wonder what this condition means for your child’s growth and future. Microcephaly, in simpler terms, means that your baby’s head is ...

Federal health officials confirmed Wednesday that the Zika virus causes a rare birth defect and other severe fetal abnormalities, marking a turning point in an epidemic that has spread to nearly 40 ...