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Zika Virus
Five New York City Babies Have Zika-Related Birth Defects More than 300 pregnant woman have tested positive for the virus.
By Jen Kirby
cut cover story
Dec. 6, 2016
Life After Zika: What It’s Like to Raise a Baby With Microcephaly A young family struggles to care for their daughter. Their story in pictures.
Texas Reports Its First Local Zika Infection The second state, after Florida, with a case not linked to travel or sexual transmission.
By Jen Kirby
Zika Can Cause Microcephaly in Seemingly Healthy Babies Months After Birth In a study of 13 Brazilian babies born to Zika-infected mothers, 11 developed microcephaly after being born with a normal head size.
By Adam K. Raymond
Senate Approves Long-Delayed Zika-Funding Bill The $1.1 billion measure is expected to pass the House later today.
By Susan Rinkunas
zika virus
Sept. 17, 2016
Almost All of Miami Beach Is Now a Zika Transmission Zone The affected area is essential to Miami-Dade County’s tourism industry.
By Chas Danner
side hustles
Sept. 15, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
More Than 50 Pregnant Women Have Zika in NYC And more than 500 New Yorkers have the virus.
By Jen Kirby
How New York City Is Fighting the Growing Threat of Zika There haven’t been any cases of mosquito-transmitted Zika here, but the city has already launched a huge eradication initiative.
By Charley Lanyon
Zika Has Officially Come for Your Miami Vacation There are five confirmed cases in Miami Beach and a new travel advisory.
By Susan Rinkunas
snapchats are forever
Aug. 13, 2016
By Jenni Miller
reproductive rights
Aug. 7, 2016
Marco Rubio Is Against Abortion Even in Cases of Zika “But if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life.”
By Jenni Miller
shmashmortion
Aug. 5, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
2016 olympics
Aug. 4, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
How Real Is the Danger of Zika in Rio? Perhaps we should be talking about diarrhea instead.
By Susan Rinkunas
calm the frick down
July 13, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
Rihanna Drops Out of Lollapalooza Colombia The star didn’t want to risk contracting Zika virus.
By Kit Steinkellner
political football
June 24, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
mass hysteria
June 22, 2016
How Worried Should You Be About Zika, Really? It depends on where you live, and if you want kids soon.
By Susan Rinkunas
things that are problematic
June 20, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
W.H.O. Tells People in 46 Countries to Delay Pregnancy Because of Zika Looks like it’s time for historically Catholic Latin-American countries to get serious about birth control.
By Susan Rinkunas
backup plans
June 8, 2016
Olympian Reminds World That Preventing Zika Isn’t Only a Woman’s Job British long jumper Greg Rutherford is going to have his sperm frozen.
By Susan Rinkunas
morning news news
June 7, 2016
By Susan Rinkunas
The List of Zika-Related Birth Defects Just Got Longer More details emerge on what the World Health Organization is calling “congenital Zika syndrome.”
By Melissa Dahl
Exposed to Zika? Delay Pregnancy for 8 Weeks A changed variable in the baby-making equation.
By Susan Rinkunas
rio olympics
May 21, 2016
By Jenni Miller
public health
May 13, 2016
Senate Approves $1.1 Billion in Emergency Funds to Fight Zika The $1.1 billion package cuts Obama’s request nearly in half, but it’s better than nothing.
By Jonah Shepp
Researchers Are Studying Twins for Zika Clues Why does one baby — but not the other — develop microcephaly?
By Susan Rinkunas
The U.S. Isn’t Ready for Zika No one expects it to spread here like it has in other parts of the world. Still, some smaller outbreaks are likely to occur.
By Melissa Dahl
A Pregnant Woman From Connecticut Has Tested Positive for Zika Virus She was visiting Central America and reportedly started developing symptoms of the virus.
By Jen Kirby
NYC Gifts Puerto Rico 1 Million Free Condoms to Fight Zika The island has close to 700 confirmed cases of the virus, which can be sexually transmitted.
By Jen Kirby
United States Confirms Its First Zika Death The victim was an elderly man in Puerto Rico.
By Caroline Bankoff
in memoriam
Apr. 21, 2016
By E. Alex Jung
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