Pulmonary arterial hypertension is caused by narrowing of the blood vessels in the lungs. Learn how it happens, including ...

A new Oregon Health & Science University and Weill Cornell Medicine co-authored study provides critical insight for the development of a vaccine that can more effectively block the spread of ...

Common virus can lead to lifelong health complications; OHSU, Weill Cornell findings could inform ongoing vaccine development ...

Currently CMV is the most common cause of congenital infection in the United States. Ten to 20% of infected infants may suffer sensorineural hearing loss, ocular damage, or impairment of cognitive ...

The name comes from a combination from Greek words meaning “water” and “head.” “Congenital” means a person is born with it. The liquid that builds up isn’t water. It’s ...

Congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is a leading cause of sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) in children. Whether connexin mutations are factors in the development of CMV-related hearing ...

Between March 2003 and May 2009, 121 infants with congenital CMV infection were identified from a prospective screening of 12,295 newborns in 2 public hospitals of Ribeirão Preto, State of São ...

That includes congenital cytomegalovirus ... says as procedures stand now information on CMV is only given after birth. “It wasn’t until James was three months old that we learned he had ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), one in 200 babies are born with congenital CMV, and one in five of these infants experience birth defects or long-term health ...

Suspecting a connection between CMV and NEC severity, Hackam and his colleagues developed a neonatal mouse model of NEC with CMV. When they compared the intestines of the rodents with and without CMV ...