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Brazil declares end to Zika emergency

Comes 18 months after a surge in cases drew headlines around the world.                                               Brazil has declared an end to its public health emergency for the Zika virus on, 18 months after a surge in cases drew headlines around the world. The mosquito-borne virus wasn’t considered a major health threat until the 2015 outbreak revealed that Zika could lead to severe birth defects. One of those defects, microcephaly, causes babies to be born with skulls much smaller than expected. Photos of babies with the defect spread panic around the Western Hemisphere and around the globe, as the virus was reported in dozens of countries. Many would-be travellers cancelled their trips to Zika-infected places. The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and others recommended that women who were pregnant shouldn’t travel to affected areas. see...