Medically reviewed by Cordelia Nwankwo, MD Key Takeaways CMV is common and stays in the body for life.Congenital CMV can lead ...

Explore the benefits of prenatal DNA screening to detect cytomegalovirus in early pregnancy for better health decisions.

An experimental mRNA vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can infect babies during pregnancy, elicited some of the most promising immune responses to date of any CMV ...

New York is now screening all newborns for congenital Cytomegalovirus to improve access to early treatments for the viral infection that can cause hearing and vision loss, seizures and intellectual ...

A leading cause of birth defects is a virus that many expectant parents have never heard about. That may change soon thanks to the advocacy of parents whose children suffered birth defects due to the ...

Cytomegalovirus or CMV, is a member of the herpes virus family. Coming into contact with the CMV virus is a common occurrence and is typically harmless to the general population. A CMV infection ...

CARROLLTON, Ga. - Visiting Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Mason Barnes is a pretty typical 3-year-old, who just happens to be wearing two cochlear implants. "He wakes up in the morning and he says, ...

Lily Belle never got to grow up, be a sister or experience the world, writes Arissa Viering. But with the right awareness and medical research, we might have been able to save her life. iStock ...

A new mRNA vaccine in phase 3 clinical trials is better at triggering the immune system to fight cytomegalovirus infection.