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Brazil links Zika fever to birth defects

The Brazilian health ministry confirms a link between a mosquito-borne virus from Africa, Zika Fever, and a high incidence of birth defects.

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  • Gozzin
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    perhaps that will add further impetus to develop a vaccine for Zika—

    Or allow them to be aborted.

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