Daniele Ferreira dos Santos holds her son, Juan Pedro, as he undergoes an exam at the Altino Ventura foundation in Recife, Pernambuco state, Brazil, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016. Santos was never diagnosed with Zika, but she blames the virus for her son’s defect and for the terrible toll it has taken on her life. (AP Photo) The World Health Organization declared a global emergency over the explosive spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects in the Americas, calling it an “extraordinary event” that poses a public health threat to other parts of the world. The U.N. agency took the rare step despite a lack of definitive evidence proving the mosquito-borne virus…
WHO declares it a global public health emergency
