"It just takes your breath away": Zika's impact in Brazil
After
a week of reporting from "ground zero" of the Zika virus outbreak in
Brazil, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook says no
amount of background reading or medical research could have prepared him
for seeing the emotional toll this illness has taken on families there.
Zika is blamed for a spike in the number of babies born with abnormally
small heads, a birth defect called microcephaly, which is often
accompanied by mental retardation. "When you actually look for the first
time into the eyes of parents whose baby has microcephaly, and of
course, when you look at the baby who has microcephaly, it just takes
your breath away," LaPook said.
CBS News
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