--- title: Zika: Baby Born in New Jersey With Microcephaly description: A woman infected with the Zika virus gave birth to a baby in New Jersey who doctors say was born with microcephaly canonical: https://time.com/4353362/zika-microcephaly-baby-new-jersey/ author: Sarah Begley article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-01T12:12:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:57:40.906Z article:section: Health og:title: Baby Born in New Jersey With Zika-Related Microcephaly og:description: The mother had traveled from Honduras for treatment og:url: https://time.com/4353362/zika-microcephaly-baby-new-jersey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Baby Born in New Jersey With Zika-Related Microcephaly twitter:description: The mother had traveled from Honduras for treatment twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Baby Born in New Jersey With Zika-Related Microcephaly by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 1, 2016 12:12 PM UTC by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Jun 1, 2016 12:12 PM UTC A woman infected with the [Zika](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FBABY%5FBORN%5FZIKA%5FVIRUS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-06-01-07-23-36) virus gave birth to a baby in New Jersey who doctors say was born with microcephaly. The mother traveled to the U.S. from Honduras for treatment after experiencing Zika-like symptoms, the Associated Press reports. She was diagnosed with the disease, and ultrasound testing last week revealed the baby would be born with microcephaly, a birth defect characterized by an abnormally small head, which has been linked to [Zika.](http://time.com/4304583/what-every-woman-need-to-know-about-zika/?iid=sr-link1) The baby has not been diagnosed with the Zika virus, but appears to be “completely Zika-affected,” a doctor said. In January, a baby infected with Zika was born with microcephaly in [Hawaii](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/17/health/hawaii-reports-baby-born-with-brain-damage-linked-to-zika-virus.html?%5Fr=0). A wave of Zika cases and a spike in babies born with microcephaly in [Brazil](http://time.com/4245352/microcephaly-zika-cases-brazil-increase/) have prompted some health experts to call for the summer [Olympics](http://time.com/4350762/health-doctors-zika-rio-de-janeiro-olympics/) to be relocated from Rio de Janeiro. \[[_AP_](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US%5FBABY%5FBORN%5FZIKA%5FVIRUS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-06-01-07-23-36)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4353362/zika-microcephaly-baby-new-jersey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4353362/zika-microcephaly-baby-new-jersey/"},"headline":"Baby Born in New Jersey With Zika-Related Microcephaly","datePublished":"2016-06-01T12:12:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:57:40.906Z","description":"The mother had traveled from Honduras for treatment","url":"https://time.com/4353362/zika-microcephaly-baby-new-jersey/","keywords":["Zika"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/zika/","name":"Zika"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4353362/zika-microcephaly-baby-new-jersey/","name":"Baby Born in New Jersey With Zika-Related Microcephaly"}}]}] ```