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El Salvador Confirms Second Case of Zika-linked Microcephaly

El Salvador confirmed Friday a second case of a baby born with microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, the mosquito-borne disease that can cause the serious birth defect and other severe fetal brain defects. Elmer Mendoza, an epidemiologist at the Health Ministry's Research Unit, said a newborn girl in the state of Ahuachapan, 64 miles (103 km) west of the capital, had tested positive for microcephaly, but the baby was stable. He was speaking on the sidelines of an El Salvador Health...

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