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Editor, Senior Moderator
Scientists are still scrambling to get a full scientific picture of the Zika virus, but experts already know enough to be scared of it.
?Strong public health actions should not wait for definitive scientific proof,? Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Tuesday, after meeting in Geneva, Switzerland with the agency's Review Committee on Zika.
New findings offer the first hint of answers about how Zika might be damaging the developing brain and fetus, and how devastating this outbreak might become.
Over the last week, the outbreak has topped 30 countries and travelers ?in every region of the world? have reported infections, Chan told journalists after the meeting.
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/a...-zika-microcephaly-and-other-nerve-syndromes/
?Strong public health actions should not wait for definitive scientific proof,? Margaret Chan, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), said Tuesday, after meeting in Geneva, Switzerland with the agency's Review Committee on Zika.
New findings offer the first hint of answers about how Zika might be damaging the developing brain and fetus, and how devastating this outbreak might become.
Over the last week, the outbreak has topped 30 countries and travelers ?in every region of the world? have reported infections, Chan told journalists after the meeting.
...
http://www.scientificamerican.com/a...-zika-microcephaly-and-other-nerve-syndromes/