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Brazil faces virus that shrinks babies’ brains, State of emergency declared

Between 2014 and 2015, Brazil has seen the number of babies Spread by Aedes aegypti mosquito bites, Zika virus usually only causes a mild reaction in children and adults, including symptoms such as an itchy rash, fever, and conjunctivitis. And that’s if you’re unlucky - most people make it through infection with no symptoms at all, which has led experts to refer to it as a "benign disease". Unfortunately for the many pregnant women living in Brazil - who are now in a complete panic over the potential risk to their unborn children - it could be a completely differe