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Should you be concerned about the Zika virus?

Should you be concerned about the Zika virus? The next health care scare is here in the form of the Zika Virus.  The World Health Organization has recently declared that the Zika virus, which has been a growing problem in South America, especially Brazil is now being found in other parts of the world. It is transmitted by mosquitos and currently there are concerns about its link with the birth defect called Microcephaly, a disorder that causes babies to be born with unusually small heads and brain damage.  Not long ago, one of our Brazilian cousins had to abort a Read More »