Rapid spread of Zika virus in the Americas raises alarm
Mosquito-borne disease linked to birth defect is pushing northward from Brazil

AN OUTBREAK CONTINUES A Brazilian boy holds his baby brother, born in 2015 with a birth defect called microcephaly. Scientists believe the condition may be linked to maternal infections with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
Felipe Dana/AP
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