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Is Latin America Winning Its Fight Against Zika?

By Alana Tummino

An international expert tells AQ why gauging the region's success against Zika is such a challenge.

The World Health Organization on Nov. 18 said that Zika no longer constituted a global health emergency. But that doesn’t mean the virus is no longer a threat. According to Giselle Carino of the International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region (IPFF/WHR), Zika is "like no other virus we have ever known" in that it is "the first mosquito-borne virus linked with birth defects or to be...

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