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Study: Children With 'Normal' Heads May Have Zika Brain Damage

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Babies infected with Zika virus may suffer severe brain damage even if they do not display the signature symptom of an unusually small head, a study in monkeys suggested Monday. This meant that brain-damaged children may be walking around undiagnosed and missing out on life-bettering therapy, scientists reported in the science journal "Nature Medicine." "Current criteria using head size to diagnose Zika-related brain injury fail to capture more subtle brain damage that...

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