Articles written by Dr. Seth Khames

Dr. Seth Khames, Observer Medical Writer|Mar 14, 2016

The New York Times reports that Zika virus has begun to spread across Puerto Rico, now the United States' front line in the epidemic. Zika is asymptomatic for the great majority of people. However, for pregnant women, it is a disaster because it can cause an infant to be born with a small head and brain (in medial terms, "microcephaly"). Zika virus has also occasionally caused paralysis in adults. (It should be noted that linkages of Zika to microcephaly and paralysis are intuitive and based on...