Zika epidemic in Latin America may have peaked, and scientists predict it will be over in 3 years

Thursday, July 14, 2016 - 14:01 in Health & Medicine

Researchers modeling the rampant spread of the Zika virus say that, like a wildfire consuming a parched landscape, the epidemic that has caused a plague of birth defects in Brazil is already showing signs of slowing and is likely to largely burn itself out in three years. Peak Zika spread may already...

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