Men drink more, are more likely to binge drink and are almost four times more likely to develop alcohol use disorder than women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Nov 15, 2023
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Since 2016, when Zika was declared by the World Health Organization as a public health emergency of international concern, the virus has become established in more than 80 countries, infected millions of people, and left ...
Dec 22, 2017
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A new international study shows that 5,000 foetuses in Europe annually are affected by spina bifida and other severe defects on the central nervous system. Seventy per cent of these pregnancies are terminated, while increased ...
Aug 28, 2015
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Five percent of women in the US territories who were infected with the Zika virus while pregnant had fetus or babies with defects, including microcephaly, government health data said Thursday.
Jun 8, 2017
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(HealthDay)—Antidepressants taken during the first three months of pregnancy don't appear to increase the risk of heart defects in babies, new research suggests.
Jun 18, 2014
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US health authorities on Friday extended to six months a warning to men about the risky time period for sexually spreading Zika virus, which often carries no symptoms but can cause devastating birth defects.
Sep 30, 2016
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(HealthDay)—Four major U.S. cities and one county will share $2.4 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to assist in monitoring and dealing with Zika virus-related birth defects, the agency said Friday.
Sep 2, 2016
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The government Friday revised its Zika travel warnings, saying it's OK for pregnant women to travel to Mexico City and other places at high elevation in outbreak regions.
Mar 11, 2016
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Baylor College of Medicine scientists defined a previously unrecognized genetic cause for two types of birth defects found in newborn boys, described in a report published today in the journal Nature Medicine.
Jun 1, 2014
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Myanmar's government said Friday that a pregnant foreign woman has been diagnosed with the country's first case of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus linked to birth defects.
Oct 28, 2016
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