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Zika Virus

  1. Five New York City Babies Have Zika-Related Birth DefectsMore than 300 pregnant woman have tested positive for the virus.
    By Jen Kirby
  2. Texas Reports Its First Local Zika InfectionThe second state, after Florida, with a case not linked to travel or sexual transmission.
    By Jen Kirby
  3. Zika Can Cause Microcephaly in Seemingly Healthy Babies Months After BirthIn a study of 13 Brazilian babies born to Zika-infected mothers, 11 developed microcephaly after being born with a normal head size.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  4. Utah Man May Have Been Infected With Zika After Wiping Away Dying Father’s TearsA very weird case.
    By Jen Kirby
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    Almost All of Miami Beach Is Now a Zika Transmission ZoneThe affected area is essential to Miami-Dade County’s tourism industry.
    By Chas Danner
  6. Congressman Brings 100 Living Mosquitoes on to House FloorAnd doesn’t release them.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  7. 3 Mosquitoes Test Positive for Zika in Miami for the First TimeConfirming what everyone knew all along: Zika is here.
    By Jen Kirby
  8. More Than 50 Pregnant Women Have Zika in NYCAnd more than 500 New Yorkers have the virus.
    By Jen Kirby
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    How New York City Is Fighting the Growing Threat of ZikaThere haven’t been any cases of mosquito-transmitted Zika here, but the city has already launched a huge eradication initiative.
    By Charley Lanyon
  10. How Real Is the Danger of Zika in Rio?Perhaps we should be talking about diarrhea instead.
    By Susan Rinkunas
  11. ‘Zika Is Now Here’: 14 Floridians Infected With Zika From Local MosquitoesTen more tested positive over the weekend.
    By Jen Kirby
  12. Florida Confirms First 4 Cases of Zika From Local MosquitoesThe first in the continental United States. 
    By Jen Kirby
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    First Baby Born in NYC With Zika Birth DefectsDepartment of Health officials confirm.
    By Jen Kirby
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    Puerto Rico Sees Its First Case of Zika-Related Microcephaly The fetus was either aborted or miscarried. 
    By Jen Kirby
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    Senate Approves $1.1 Billion in Emergency Funds to Fight ZikaThe $1.1 billion package cuts Obama’s request nearly in half, but it’s better than nothing.
    By Jonah Shepp
  16. A Pregnant Woman From Connecticut Has Tested Positive for Zika VirusShe was visiting Central America and reportedly started developing symptoms of the virus.
    By Jen Kirby
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    NYC Gifts Puerto Rico 1 Million Free Condoms to Fight ZikaThe island has close to 700 confirmed cases of the virus, which can be sexually transmitted.
    By Jen Kirby
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    United States Confirms Its First Zika DeathThe victim was an elderly man in Puerto Rico.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  19. Who Brought Zika to the West?The hunt for patient zero finds the outbreak started a year earlier than thought.
    By Samuel Lieberman
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    New York Is Taking No Chances With ZikaMosquito season begins in April.
    By Joe DeLessio
  21. Zika May Cause Guillain-Barré Syndrome, TooMore than microcephaly.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  22. 14 New Reports of Sexually Transmitted Zika in the U.S.The Zika freak-out continues.
    By Claire Landsbaum
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    From Zika to Trump: The Savvy Politics of Pope FrancisHe’s a PR master, walking a fine line between established Church doctrine and the wishful thinking of his fans.
    By Lisa Miller
  24. How Brazil’s Gleeful Dark Humor Helps It CopeBad news can be, oddly, good news for the Brazilian internet and its armies of online comedians.
    By Vincent Bevins
  25. Obama Wants $1.8 Billion to Fight ZikaOne big swat.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  26. NYU Ethicist: Zika Virus Should Defer Olympics“It just makes more sense.”
    By Claire Landsbaum
  27. Zika Has Been Transmitted Sexually in TexasHere is another reason to wear a condom.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  28. The Zika Freak-out Reaches the White HouseUnited Airlines, too.
    By Samuel Lieberman
  29. Brain-Shrinking Zika Virus Bound for U.S., WHO PredictsThe World Health Organization expects the mosquito-borne illness to spread throughout the Americas.
    By Eric Levitz