The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking pregnant women to avoid 22 countries
that have seen outbreaks of the Zika virus.
That's up eight from just
yesterday. Disturbingly, the mosquito-borne virus, which may be causing
abnormally small heads in newborns, has also been linked to yet another
debilitating disease.
The Zika virus has been spreading rapidly over the
past several months, most prominently in Brazil. Its spread has been
associated with a dramatic increase in microcephaly, a rare condition in
which babies are born with abnormally small heads.
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