A. It's normally very rare. According to the WHO, microcephaly affects one baby in several thousand. In the USA, about 25,000 babies a year are born with the condition, according to a 2009 article ...

But at seven months, the couple learned the worst: the baby’s head had stopped growing. Claudia's obstetrician told them the fetus had microcephaly. Honduras didn't have a blood test for Zika.

Zecavati said microcephaly is diagnosed based on guidelines for normal head growth at certain ages. At birth, the average baby's head circumference is 13.7 inches (35 centimeters), and then ...

The baby girl was born with microcephaly, a condition that causes the brain and head to be partially developed at the time of birth Dave Quinn is a Senior Editor for PEOPLE. He has been working at ...

151; -- A woman visiting the U.S. has given birth to a baby with microcephaly after contracting Zika elsewhere, officials said. The woman gave birth to the baby at the Donna A. Sanzari Women’s ...

Doctors cannot tell if a baby has microcephaly until much later in the pregnancy — the signs only begin appearing near the third trimester. At that point the Zika virus has long since come and ...

A baby with Zika-related microcephaly has been born at a New York City hospital, marking the first such delivery in the five boroughs, according to health officials. The baby's mother was infected ...

Microcephaly is a birth defect wherein a baby’s head is smaller than expected compared with other babies of the same sex and age. According to the CDC, babies with the condition typically have ...

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 ...

A baby girl with Zika virus-related microcephaly was born in New Jersey on Tuesday, hospital officials said. “The mother is stable, obviously sad, which is the normal emotional reaction given ...

Generally speaking, microcephaly is a condition where a baby's head is much smaller than expected. To be diagnosed, a baby's head needs to be two standard deviations below the average, or less ...

A. It's normally very rare. According to the WHO, microcephaly affects one baby in several thousand. In the USA, about 25,000 babies a year are born with the condition, according to a 2009 article ...