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Zika virus
Health
US officials are rushing to develop a Zika vaccine by 2017
A baby born with microcephaly reacts to stimulus during an evaluation session with a physiotherapist at the Altino Ventura rehabilitation center in Recife, Brazil on January 28, 2016.
Health
We’re not sure if Zika is causing all those microcephaly cases. But there’s no evidence it’s pesticides.
Environment
Should we harm captive great apes in order to save wild ones?
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