Deciphering ZIKA

The New York Academy of Sciences by The New York Academy of Sciences

Apr 11, 201800:22:18Religion & Spirituality

In 2016, the WHO declared the Zika virus a global medical emergency when, after six decades of dormancy, the virus arrived in the Americas. After scientists made the connection between Zika and thousands of cases of micr...

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