How Does a Baby Get Microcephaly? Your doctor may not be able to tell you why this happened to your baby. In most cases, the exact cause is unknown. It can be brought on by: A problem with your ...

If your baby’s brain isn’t growing properly, they may have a condition known as microcephaly. Microcephaly is a condition in which your baby’s head is smaller than those of other children of ...

Five of 22 studies noted that over 50% of newborns had microcephaly, and the same number of studies observed that over 5% had ...

The World Health Organization says there is now scientific consensus that the Zika virus is connected with microcephaly — a condition in which babies are born with very small heads and brain damage.

In the context of the Zika outbreak, it's actually a rare condition known as microcephaly that is worrying both the Centers for Disease Control and national leaders. So what is microcephaly and ...

“Congenital microcephaly has been a hallmark of intrauterine infection with Zika virus,” the authors wrote in their report. “However, despite the absence of microcephaly at birth, the 13 infants in ...