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microcephaly
The Lethal Suspects for Microcephaly in Brazil, With Zika Virus at the Bottom of the List
Since the attribution to the formerly harmless virus Zika of a cluster of cases in northeastern Brazil of the devastating birth defect microcephaly, the mainstream media have been dominated by fear of a Zika pandemic. Meanwhile, the real culprit(s) behind the surge in microcephaly in that corner of Brazil have been ignored, with the exception of a few scientists, and even fewer journalists.
The Zika Breach of Public Trust: The Wealth Transfer Model From US Taxpayers to Big Pharma
If the outbreaks subsided on their own, why did the WHO use scare tactics to broadcast the non-emergency to the press? Money.
Speaking Zika With the Man Who Discovered Ebola
Peter Piot and his peers co-discovered Ebola in 1976. We speak with the pandemic expert about the global health community’s response to Zika.
US, Brazilian Health Teams Go Into Slums to Start Zika Study
Teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers ventured into dicey slums, fought through snarled traffic and braved torrential downpours on the first day of their effort to determine if the Zika virus is causing babies to be born with a birth defect affecting the brain
CDC Team in Brazil to Study Possible Zika Link to Defect
A 16-member team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) kicked off work Monday on a study to help determine whether the Zika virus really does cause babies to be born with the devastating birth defect microcephaly, as Brazilian researchers strongly suspect.
