National Institutes of Health

Zika virus

US officials are rushing to develop a Zika vaccine by 2017

Health

But the progress of vaccine trials depends on funding approval by Congress. Meanwhile, all the standing water after major floods in Louisiana could encourage Zika’s spread out of Florida.

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.

We’re not sure if Zika is causing all those microcephaly cases. But there’s no evidence it’s pesticides.

Health

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