CMV in the News
2019
January
WKBW: New State Law Impacting Newborns and Hospitals Statewide
Winnipeg Free Press: Hockey Fest to Raise Money for CMV Foundation
ITV: Parents Raise Awareness of CMV Virus After Six-Week-Old Baby Dies
Teesside Live: Devastating Virus Passed to Mom's Unborn Baby...
The Sector: Pregnant and Working in ECEC? Make sure you know the risks of contracting CMV
2018
December
Ottawa Citizen: 'So Much to Be Thankful For', Treatment Helps Baby Hear for the First Time
St. Helens Star: More Than 11,000 Chocolate Oranges Collected to Give to Hospital & Hospice Staff
Nationwide Children's 700 Blog: What Pregnant Women Need to Know About CMV
Spectrum Bay News 9: My Cause, My Cleats
Buccaneers.com: Marpet, Cappa Wearing Cleats '4Evs' & National CMV Foundation During My Cause, My Cleats
November
MDedge: FDA Approves Congenital CMV Diagnostic Test
MD Magazine: FDA Approves Test for Newborn Cytomegalovirus Infection
Tampa Bay Times: Bucs Players Promote Charitable Cause with My Cause, My Cleats
The Sun: My Son is Brain-Damaged for Life After Catching CMV in the Womb...
Healio: Increasing Interest in Universal CMV Screening in NICU's
MD Magazine: In Utero HIV Infection Sharply Increases Cytomegalovirus Risk for Newborns
Rwanda, The New Times: How to Control Infections During Pregnancy
September
BBC News: CMV Mum Wants to Help Other Parents
KCRA: NorCal Moms Urge Governor to Sign Birth Defect Virus Education Bill
The New Yorker: Carrie Coon's Existential Journey to TV Stardom
Daily Mail: Pregnant Mothers Warned Not to Eat a Child's Leftovers...
Evening Standard: Pregnant Mothers Warned, Eat a Child's Leftovers and You Could Make Baby Deaf
Tooting Daily Prss UK: Research Trial Aims to Reduce Major Cause of Birth Disabilities
WNY's Great Kids: Berlyn's Little Free Library
Fox29 San Antonio: Little-Known Virus Causing Birth Defects in Thousands of TX Babies
ContagionLive: Investigators Uncover a New Approach to Target Herpesvirus
August
KUTV: Baby Your Baby: Newborn Hearing Screening
July
newsok: Oklahoma Health Notes: Warning for Pregnant Women
The Mom Report: 28 Things No One Tells You About Pregnancy
Texas Medicine: Congenital Conundrum
June
Macaroni Kid: CMV: Cytomegalovirus
Outbreak News Today: June is Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Awareness Month
WFTV Orlando: Local Doctors See Increase in Hearing Loss Virus Among Newborns
WTXL Tallahassee: June is National CMV Awareness Month
The Sydney Morning Herald: Why Aren't Pregnant Women Being Warned About Virus Risk to Babies?
Healio: Five Stories to Promote Awareness of Congenital Cytomegalovirus
ABC Australia: CMV: Health Experts 'Not Confident' About Providing Advice on Pregnancy Virus Risk
Kenya Daily Nation: Ignored Virus in Pregnant Women Has Serious Effects
KARE11: Educating Pregnant Women About the Risks of Congenital CMV
Healio: Seronegative Pregnant Women at High Risk for CMV Infection
Interesting Engineering: Virus Affecting Over 50% of Adults by Age 40 Causes Life-long Eye Problems
The Tribune-Federalist: Virus Attacking Brain of Hyndman Infant
Mystic Mother Raises Awareness of CMV, A Risk for Pregnant Women and Their Babies
Good Morning Football: John Spytek on National CMV, Bucs' Defense and RB Ronald Jones
Daily Herald: Their Voice, Knowing the Risks of CMV
Standard Digital: Silent Virus that Blinds, Deafens and Kills Babies
The Border Mail: CMV Awareness Campaign a Labour of Love
May
Fox21 Colorado Springs: Common Virus That Gets Little Recognition Can Have Big Impacts on Babies
Fox13 SLC: What's Going Around: CMV Infection During Pregnancy​
March
KMSP: Vivian's Bill Hopes to Educate Doctors, Parents on Cytomegalovirus
WQAD: Pregnant Mothers Should Know About This Virus
The Peninsula: Over 600 Treated for Sensorineural Hearing Loss at HMC Unit Yearly
February
Bonner County Daily Bee: CMV Awareness Month Heads to Legislative Vote
HealthNewsReview.org: Why Does CMV Get So Much Less News Coverage than Zika, Despite Causing Far More Birth Defects?
2017
December
UPMatters.com: CMV Screening
INDAILY: Doctors Call for Action on Congenital CMV Infection
WNDU: Mother Raises Awareness for Treatment of 'America's Zika'
November
Buccaneers.com: My Cause, My Cleats: Ali Marpet
KIRO: Seahawks' Doug Baldwin Visits with Virginia Mason Medical Center Patient
WNCN: Virus Linked With Hearing Loss in Children Often Goes Untested
Sporting News: Ali Marpet Using Cleats to Help Buccaneers Exec Raise CMV Awareness After Tragedy
AAPNews: Which Children Should Be Excluded from Child Care Due to Illness?
October
Clinical Infectious Diseases: Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection: Improved Understanding of Maternal Immune Responses That Reduce the Risk of Transplacental Transmission
Rare Disease Report: Atara's Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Drugs Gets Pediatric Designation
AAPNews: Congenital CMV, IQs, and Academic Achievement. Where Do We Go From Here?
AAP News: Insight Into Long-term Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Asymptomatic Congenital CMV Infection
PLOS One: Knowledge of cCMV Among Physical and Occupational Therapists in the United States
The Hearing Journal: Targeted Screening for Cytomegalovirus and Hearing Loss
September
AAPNews: Zika in the Limelight, but Other Congenital Infections Can Affect Brain
Empowered Patient Podcast: Developing Vaccine to Prevent Birth Defects from Cytomegalovirus
EurekAlert: Treating a Little-Known Virus, CMV, to Combat Hearing Loss in Children
August
7 Billion Ones: Hannah and Gage's Story "Love Him Unconditionally"
WGRZ: CMV: Virus Causing Deafness in Newborns
City of Hope: Preclinical Vaccine Shows Promise Against Congenital CMV
LANEWS.ORG: Cytomegalovirus Infection Market Size Will Observe Substantial Growth by 2017–2025
Nasdaq: Meridian Initiates Clinical Trials for New Neonatal Saliva CMV illumigene Test
Science Daily: Immune Cells Promote or Prevent Cytomegalovirus Activity in Mice Depending...
Infectious Disease Advisor: CMV Infection in Mothers and Infants: Diagnostic and Treatment...
July
Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases: Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection Diagnosis Case 24 Years Later While Following with the Cerebral Palsy Diagnosis
VBI Vaccines Announces Positive Interim Data from Phase 1 Study of Preventative CMV Vaccine
360Dx: Bio-Rad Receives 501(k) Clearance for Congenital Disease IgM Assay
Duke Health: Antibodies Halt Placental Transmission of CMV-like Virus in Monkeys
June
Pirate FM: Mum Warns About Pregnancy Virus
Guardian: Parents' Struggle Highlights Shortfall in T&T Healthcare
TODAY Parenting Team: Prevent to Protect-A Mother's Experience with the Unheard of Viral Cause of a Birth Defect
New Scientist: Anxiety Drug May Prevent Common Virus That Causes Birth Defects
Medscape: Congenital CMV and Hearing Loss: What's the Risk?
MotherToBaby: The Most Common Viral Infection Affecting Newborns That You've Never Heard About
May
ET Healthworld: How Herpes Viruses Win the Footrace Against the Immune System
TheHealthSite: TORCH Infections During Pregnancy - What You Need to Know
KSWO: MedWatch-June is CMV Awareness Month
Biospectrum Asia: Virus Study Targets Infection Linked to Birth Defects
Outbreak News Today: CMV, a New Idaho Law and a Personal Story
April
Rocky Mountain PBS News: Common Virus, Silent Killer
Independent Journal Review: Mom is Devastated to Learn that Her Infant's Deafness Came From a Common Virus She Didn't Know She Had
Radio Iowa: Bill Sends an Alert to Pregnant Women About CMV
Science Daily: New Insight Into Leading Viral Cause of Congenital Birth Defects
Medical Express: What's Cytomegalovirus and Why Do Pregnant Women Need to Know About It?
ABC AU: Cytomegalovirus: The Most Common Infectious Disease in Babies You May Never Have Heard Of
March
NPR: For Gideon, Infection With a Common Virus Caused Rare Birth Defects
Daily Mail: Breaking the Sound Barrier: Adorable Deaf Baby Burst Into Tears...
The Des Moines Register: Newborn Medical Screening Bill Passes Iowa Senate
Idaho Press: Otter Signs CMV Bill Into Law
Atlanta Journal Constitution: It's Not Just Zika: Here's Another Virus Pregnant Moms Should Avoid
The Lancet: Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pregnancy and the Neonate: Consensus Recommendations for Prevention, Diagnosis, and Therapy
Idaho Press-Tribune: CMV Educational Bill Passes House, Heads to Governor
CBS Denver: Baby's Viral Video is Chance to Highlight Little Known Virus
KTVB Idaho: Bill Raises Awareness About CMV
February
UCSF: Common Virus Tied to Diabetes, Heart Disease in Women Under 50
NY Times: My Daughter's Silent Virus: Congenital CMV
KIVI-TV: Advocates Hope to Prevent CMV Birth Defects Through New Legislation
KDSM-TV: CMV Virus Affecting New Mothers' Children
Portland Tribune: Portland Mom Pushes State to Screen Newborns for Debilitating Virus
Care.com: This Virus Causes the Same Effects as Zika -- and is Way More Common
WMTW: Maine Family Brings Attention to Little Known Virus
Coast Guard Pacific Northwest: Vital to the Never-Ending Watch
The Denver Post: This Virus is Much More Common Than Zika. Why Don't Expectant Mothers Know Their Babies Are At Risk?
Healio: Hearing-Targeted Early CMV Screening Identifies Infected Children
AAP News: Congenital CMV Screening: Should We Take a Universal or Targeted Approach?
January
Breakthroughs on the road toward a CMV vaccine
CMV: more common than Zika, but lesser-known
The Salt Lake Tribune: U Study: Law Helps Infants at Risk for Hearing Loss
Utah's Newborn Screening Law Works to Catch Infants with Hearing Loss, Study Says
Educating expectant mothers about cytomegalovirus
Baby Your Baby: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) and pregnancy
Study Supports Viral Origin for Some ALL: CMV infection at birth more than tripled leukemia risk
Zika's prevalence could bring awareness to lesser-known CMV virus
The ASHA Leader: What to Know About Advances in CMV Detection, Prevention
2016
December
9 Investigates renewed push to screen for infant virus, CMV
Woman who got a 'bad cold' during pregnancy is shocked to discover she passed a common virus...
Herpes virus linked to most common type of childhood cancer
Raising awareness of life-changing virus
Cytomegalovirus: the virus all pregnant women should know about now
CMV remains a concern because of lack of research
Why CMV is a greater threat to infants than Zika
Predicting cytomegalovirus risk before birth
Current screening for Congenital CMV: who are we missing?
New method for predicting congenital cytomegalovirus infection during the prenatal period
November
CMV: A more common virus than you think
CMV virus can pose big risk to newborns
Congenital virus in children with cerebral palsy more common than thought
CMV: A bigger concern for babies than Zika
'This driven little thing:' Malcolm fights a congenital virus, one few talk about
Health officials weigh testing newborns for disability-causing virus
Parents are begging American moms to watch out for the CMV virus
How Jessica Murphy of Runner's World spends her time off
Does CMV in newborns always cause hearing problems?
October
What is the treatment for CMV?
5 important stories that have nothing to do with Clinton's emails
A virus more dangerous than Zika
Mums beware: The virus that can kill your unborn baby that all pregnant women need to know about
14 things you need to know about the virus that causes more birth defects in the U.S. than Zika
The virus all pregnant women need to know about
What is CMV? Pregnant women should really know about this virus
CMV is a greater threat to infants than Zika, but far less often discussed
Newborn screening for CMV found cost effective
Cost-effectiveness of Universal and Targeted Screening for Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection
Women's attitudes toward practicing cytomegalovirus prevention behaviors
September
What if pregnant women had to avoid their toddlers instead of mosquitos?
Two mood drugs combat virus implicated in birth defects
August
CMV: A virus more common than Zika, just as scary
July
UAB research team awarded $11.5M contract
The Zika-like virus no one talks about
Zika raises profile of more common birth-defect virus
June
John Spytek discusses National CMV
1 in 150 children are born with dangerous virus you've never heard of
VBI Vaccines begins enrolling patients in a Phase I Trial of its Preventative Cytomegalovirus Vaccine Candidate
Daughter's Legacy: Raising awareness of CMV
Move Over Zika, We Need To Talk About CMV
April
Family of Bucs executive raises awareness of CMV
February
The CMV virus causes microcephaly in babies, and it's much more widespread than Zika
2015
December
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Non-Profit Organizations Join Forces
November
Family health successes overshadowed by Medicaid debate
October
Reducing congenital cytomegalovirus infection through policy and legislation in the United States
August
Broncos' scout honors life of daughter
New state law to warn public about virus
July
Awareness of little-known virus is goal of 'Maddie's Mission'
Baby Your Baby: Pregnancy & CMV
May
Former Wolverines Run with Purpose for Evelyn Grace April
Former Wolverines Band Together for a Good Cause
Former Wolverines Rally for a Teammate After His Loss
Maddie's Law passes the Texas Senate
February
Maddie's Mission organizes first run
Utah fundraiser for children affected with CMV
2014
March
Awareness of little-known virus is goal of 'Maddie's Mission'
May
Silent virus a rare, dangerous risk for the unborn
Utah leads the way in awareness campaign
October
Baby Your Baby: Raising Awareness for CMV
2013
January
Bill: Alert Utah families that common virus endangers babies
July
Utah takes action against virus that harms unborn children