Rebroadcast: The little-known virus behind a majority of nongenetic birth defects
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 11 April 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
One virus causes more birth defects in American babies than any other nongenetic disease – but most don’t know it exists. We hear a mother’s journey to understand her daughter’s diagnosis of congenital CMV.
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On Point is WBUR’s award-winning, daily public radio show and podcast. Every weekday, host Meghna Chakrabarti leads provocative conversations that help make sense of the world.
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| 0:45.0 | Usually when a baby first enters the world, |
| 0:49.0 | there's that life affirming sound of the baby's cry |
| 0:52.0 | and the joyous response from parents, family, medical caregivers |
| 0:57.1 | in the room. |
| 0:58.9 | But that's not what happened when Megan Nix gave birth to her daughter Anna in 2015. |
| 1:05.0 | And Megan, in your book, Remedies for Sorrow, |
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