Tag: Birth defect

Mexico confirms first case of Zika-related birth defect

Mexico's health ministry has confirmed the first case of a Zika-related severe birth defect known as microcephaly. The ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the child was premature and died at birth. It was born to a 25-year-old woman from the southern state of Oaxaca on November 5 last year. The ministry says it took several …

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February 4, 2017