For two weeks, symptoms came in waves. But Dr. Jay Varma, deputy commissioner of the New York City Health Department, acknowledged that doesn't always happen. Of three acquaintances in Puerto Rico who developed Zika, all have complained, like me, of lingering health problems, in one case for longer than a month. When I asked whether Zika can spread via saliva or oral sex, the city health interviewer didn't answer directly. The city health interviewer asked if I would join a CDC study gauging how long Zika can be spread through semen and urine.

Source: Fox News September 12, 2016 04:52 UTC