麻豆社

The US territory of Puerto Rico in the Caribbean is under a shadow of Zika infection according to the Director of the US Centers for Disease Control. Dr Tom Frieden has warned this could lead to 'thousands' of brain damaged babies. The 麻豆社's Global Health Correspondent, Tulip Mazumdar, has been given rare access to the CDC's 'Situation Room' in Atlanta where she met Dr Frieden.

(Pic: A pregnant woman looks at her belly as she listens to a doctor during a routine check up, as fliers explaining how to prevent Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya viruses are posted on the wall, at a public hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Credit: Reuters)