Why zika may be as tough to beat as ebola

The World Health Organization is warning that the zika virus may yet spread across all of the Americas, bringing with it the inability to procreate safely. Peter Apps reports on the crisis

Why zika may be as tough to beat as ebola

Taraneh Shirazian, obstetrician and gynecologist at New York University Langone medical centre, has been seeing some very worried women — those with pregnancies who have travelled through Latin America and the Caribbean in the last few months.

As the scale of the zika virus outbreak becomes apparent, they are terrified that their unborn children may have been affected.

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