15 percent of babies exposed to Zika before birth had severe abnormalities in first 18 months of life
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health SciencesBy age 12 to 18 months, 6.25% of children exposed to Zika during their mothers’ pregnancies had eye abnormalities, 12.2% had hearing problems, and 11.7% had severe delays in language, motor skills and/or cognitive function. In all, 14.5% had at least one of the three abnormalities.