{"id":16598,"date":"2016-02-03T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2016-02-03\/outbreak-of-the-zika-virus\/"},"modified":"2016-02-03T15:13:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-03T15:13:16","slug":"outbreak-of-the-zika-virus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/distribution\/blog\/2016-02-03\/outbreak-of-the-zika-virus\/","title":{"rendered":"Outbreak of the Zika Virus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The declaration of a public health emergency has to do with clusters of microcephaly, which causes babies to be born with abnormally small heads and potential developmental problems, that appears to be associated with the virus. 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