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Developmental delays persist as Brazil’s Zika babies grow up

Twins Eloisa (right) and Eloa, both born with microcephaly, lie in bed on Christmas Eve 2016 at the home of their grandparents in Areia, Paraiba state, Brazil. The mother of the twins Raquel said she contracted Zika during her pregnancy.

The Zika virus has faded from the world’s headlines. But the damage the strange mosquito-borne virus inflicted on some children whose mothers were infected during pregnancy very much remains.

A new study, published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, reports that in a group of Zika babies from Brazil who are being followed to assess their progress, 14 percent had severe developmental problems.

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