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Tropical Diseases, Global Crisis
With the summer Olympics scheduled in August, there's growing concern about an outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil, the host country. Have world health officials waited too long to find out if the virus really produces the birth defect microcephaly?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenWith the summer Olympics scheduled in August, there's growing concern about an outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil, the host country. Have world health officials waited too long to find out if the virus really produces the birth defect microcephaly?
Later on the program, should soldiers in the failed War on Drugs be replaced… by economists?
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