He also identified the virus, which can cause infants to be born with severe physical and mental impairments as well as causing miscarriages and stillbirths.He also identified the virus, which can cause infants to be born with severe physical and mental impairments as well as causing miscarriages and stillbirths.Read MoreParkman, Paul D, German Measles (Rubella), Vaccination and Immunization, Pregnancy and Childbirth, Stillbirth, Birth Defects, Doctors, Tests (Medical), Food and Drug Administration, National Institutes of Health, Deaths (Obituaries)NYT > Health