Brazil declares emergency after 2,400 babies are born with brain damage - posssibly zika virus

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Brazil declares emergency after 2,400 babies are born with brain damage, possibly due to mosquito-borne virus
Brazilian health authorities are sounding the alarm about a mosquito-borne virus that they believe may be the cause of thousands of infants being born with damaged brains.

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"This is an unprecedented situation, unprecedented in world scientific research," the ministry said in a statement on its website, according to CNN.

Brazil is investigating more than more than 2,400 suspected cases of microcephaly and 29 deaths of infants that occurred this year.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...o-borne-virus/

 

[sharon sanders]

Please see:

Brazil, Zika Virus - 2,401 Suspected Cases of Microcephaly in 20 States, 134 confirmed - 27 Suspicious Deaths - (06 - 12/12/2015)