The virus has been provisionally linked to birth defects but those most at risk – expectant mothers – are usually excluded from trials awe of harming the unbornThe race is under way to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus but the urgency of the situation is being tempered by concerns over testing on pregnant women – a group of people normally shielded from experimental trials.
The World Health Organisation has declared an international public health emergency over concerns – as yet unproven – that the virus causes brain damage and birth defects in children. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com