© 2024 Texas Public Radio
Real. Reliable. Texas Public Radio.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

1 In 7 Babies Exposed To Zika In Utero Have Health Problems, CDC Says

New data released by the CDC this week looks at long-term effects of exposure to the Zika virus on children. Many who did not experience initial birth defects have now developed secondary issues, including hearing problems, difficulties swallowing and cerebral palsy-type movement impairment.

Here & Now’sRobin Young speaks with Andrew Joseph ( @DrewQJoseph), reporter with our partners at STAT, the health and medicine publication.

Copyright 2020 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.