(Mario Tama/Getty Images)Much of the public alarm about Zika has focused on the dramatic, heartbreaking pictures of children with microcephaly, a condition characterized by an abnormally small head. In a series of striking images in the journal Radiology, researchers detail a half-dozen brain defects that they found in nearly all the babies in their study. This study confirms fears that the babies with Zika may be more severely impacted. [Lifelong care, heartaches ahead for babies born with Zika in the U.S.]“What this tells you is that Zika is a devastating infection. This series of images shows twins with confirmed Zika virus infection.

Source: Washington Post August 23, 2016 15:05 UTC