microcephaly
As the decision to reopen schools has felt driven more by politics than by science, parents are left to determine whether or not their children will be safe. For low-income or single parents or parents of a child with a disability, the decision is even harder.
This explains why Zika virus can have a devastating impact on babies, even when their mothers had only mild illnesses.
Babies born with normal head circumferences developed microcephaly and other complications after birth.
How much of a game do we want to play with something so dangerous to humanity?
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The country also confirmed its first microcephaly case.
The risk is low, but it isn't zero.
Even if babies were born with normally-sized heads, they may still suffer lifelong effects from Zika exposure in the womb.
These results are the "missing pieces in the jigsaw" proving a causal link between Zika and microcephaly.
These images are hard to look at.
The Zika virus is hitting Puerto Rico hard.