CDC: Puerto Rico may see hundreds of Zika birth defects


In this Feb. 24, 2016 file photo, workers from the Puerto Rico Health Department and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention review Zika-related data collected by the island's health department and the CDC in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Friday, June 17, 2016, Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the CDC, is warning that dozens or hundreds of babies in Puerto Rico could develop severe birth defects because of the virus, based on how an outbreak is playing out there.



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