The Ministry of Health in Brazil is declaring an emergency, urging women in the northeast section of the country not to become pregnant after an alarming number of babies have been born with an untreatable brain condition known as microcephaly.
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Brain condition in Brazil—infants born with shrunken skulls. Read more…
The Ministry of Health in Brazil is declaring an emergency, urging women in the northeast section of the country not to become pregnant after an alarming number of babies have been born with an untreatable brain condition known as microcephaly. There have been more than 2,400 cases this year. compared with 147 cases in 2014, according to a report issued by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
“It’s a very personal decision, but at this moment of uncertainty, if families can put off their pregnancy plans, that’s what we’re recommending,” Angela Rocha, the pediatric infectologist at Oswaldo Cruz Hospital in Brazil, told CNN.
The rare congenital condition is associated with incomplete brain development, and affected infants are born with shrunken skulls. Read full article.