Five things worth knowing about the Zika virus, microcephaly, and risk
Channel: Risk Bites
Date: 2016-03-15

As concerns over the Zika virus and Microcephaly spread, the Risk Bites team considers five things worth knowing about the risks - especially if you are a woman living in a Zika-infected area, or will be visiting one.

Spanish version: https://youtu.be/gyCoNibaFoU. 
Portuguese version: https://youtu.be/hGkNpkhnT8M

UPDATE: CDC have now confirmed a link between Zika and microcephaly

USEFUL LINKS
Pan American Health Organization: http://www.paho.org/hq/index.php?opti... 

Centers for Disease Control and Infection (CDC): http://www.cdc.gov/zika/

Word Health organization: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsh...


THIS EPISODE'S TEAM:
A huge thank you to the following for their advice and expertise in creating this episode of Risk Bites:
Julee Avram 
Jessica Ballard 
Ashley Bieniek-Tobasco 
Deise Galan 
Ashley Mariconti 
Nicolas Menendez, MD
Clara Petelin
Heather Ross 
Shauna Smith 

The Portuguese version of this video [link coming] was translated and narrated by Deise Galan.  The Spanish version of the video [https://youtu.be/gyCoNibaFoU] was translated and narrated by Clara Petelin, with input from Nicholas Menendez MD.

Risk Bites videos are devised, created and produced by Andrew Maynard, in association with the Arizona State University School for the Future of Innovation in Society (http://sfis.asu.edu). They are produced under a Creative Commons License CC-BY-SA

Backing track: Mandolin Highway by Olive Musique.  http://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty_fr...

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