When we found out we were expecting our third child, we were overjoyed. No pregnancy is easy, of course, and we already had our hands full with two little ones. But this was our third time around, and ...

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

Minnesota is the first U.S. state to universally test newborns for cytomegalovirus, an easily transmissible virus and a leading cause of infant hearing loss and congenital birth defects. The ...

Laura Gibson is an associate professor of medicine and of pediatrics at UMass Chan Medical School. CMV belongs to the same virus family as cold sores and chickenpox and, like those viruses, lives in ...

While we're all focused on the coronavirus, there are hundreds and thousands of other viruses that can do damage. Groundbreaking new research could add CMV, also known as the cytomegalovirus, to the ...