Third baby born in U.S. with defect tied to Zika virus
Third baby born in U.S. with defect tied to Zika virus A baby born with Zika-linked microcephaly remained hospitalized in northern New Jersey on Wednesday with the first such birth defect case in the Northeast and the third in the nation, officials at Hackensack University Medical Center confirmed. Doctors delivered the baby girl at 36 weeks on Tuesday after the mother, who recently arrived in the U.S. from Honduras, was admitted to the hospital's high-risk unit, Dr. Manny Alvarez said. The child also has intestinal and visual issues. "The baby apparently had been not developing properly over the last month or so," said Alvarez, who is also senior managing health editor at FoxNews.com. "This patient came in on Friday for the first time ... and my team decided that it was appropriate now to deliver the baby." Microcephaly is a birth defect in which babies are born with abnormally small heads and incomplete brain development. Babies with the de...