Baby Born to Zika-infected Mom in NJ Has Microcephaly

Health officials in New Jersey said a baby girl born on Tuesday, to a mother who was infected with the Zika virus, has severe microcephaly.  A New Jersey doctor from the Hackensack University Medical Center said a 31-year-old woman visiting the U.S. from Honduras was infected with the virus after she was bitten by the Aedes mosquito early on in her pregnancy.  Microcephaly is the birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to developmental problems. Manny Alvarez,...

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