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Zika No Longer Global 'Health Emergency,' WHO Declares
by Administrator on November 18, 2016 at 5:10 PM
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The World Health Organization announced Friday that it no longer considers the Zika epidemic a public health emergency of international concern.
But Zika's threat to pregnant women and babies is not going away anytime soon, the agency says. Instead, the virus is now a chronic problem, says the WHO's Dr. Pete Salama.
