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Colombia Is Hit Hard by Zika, but Not by Microcephaly

Julia Symmes Cobb Donald G. McNeil Jr.

October 31, 2016 |

The New York Times |

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In Brazil, more than 2,000 babies have been born with microcephaly, abnormally small heads and brain damage caused by the Zika virus. Colombia is the second hardest hit country by Zika but abortions lowered the microcephaly rate because of looser abortion laws and better informed mothers.

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