Image Elsa Sjunneson, a disability rights activist, was born with congenital rubella resulting in cataracts in both eyes, a heart defect and hearing loss.Credit...Dave Sanders for The New York ...

This neuroimaging and electrophysiology study in a small cohort of congenital cataract patients with sight recovery aims to characterize the effects of early visual deprivation on excitatory and ...

The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has seen an increase in rubella cases across South Africa, with more than 8 000 positive cases identified at the end of September.

Medically reviewed by Andrew Greenberg, MD It is a common belief that cataracts only occur in the eyes of older people.