Babies Who Seem Fine At Birth May Have Zika-Related Problems Later, Study Finds
The largest study to follow women infected with Zika while they were pregnant finds about 6 percent of children had problems at birth, but 14 percent had complications by their first birthday.
Since Zika emerged as a threat to babies, it has been a mystery exactly how much of a danger the mosquito-borne virus poses to children.
But now, the largest study to follow kids who were exposed to the virus in the womb is providing more answers.
The study involved 1,450 babies who had been exposed to the virus, and who were Six percent were born with birth defects, and 14 percent developed problems that could be blamed on the virus by the time they turned 1, the study found.
