Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe Rio Olympics went ahead without spreading the virus, and new diagnostic tests for Zika were swiftly designed and deployed. Their families are already suffering, and their medical care will eventually cost hundreds of millions of dollars. guidance on Zika was “a little coy,” agreed Dr. William Schaffner, chairman of preventive medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical School. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMost countries did not focus enough on preventing sexual transmission, experts said. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyIn Brazil, those rumors diverted attention for precious weeks, even prompting some cities to stop fighting mosquitoes temporarily.

Source: New York Times January 16, 2017 18:06 UTC