Brazil's Zika Babies Are Growing Up

Expand “When the Zika epidemic first happened there was an explosion in the media. Now, these children have been forgotten.” © Private This dispatch is part of a series focussing on children with zika syndrome and their families. To read more, please visit the blog: Zika: Brazil's Forgotten Families. Three-year-old Gaby has long curly hair, two brothers, and a wheelchair that helps her get around her home in Brazil. I first met Carol, Gaby’s mother, when her daughter was about 8 months old. My colleagues and I were researching the impacts of the Zika outbreakin Brazil. Gaby was the first…

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