Zika infection late in pregnancy didn’t produce defects in study

NEW YORK (AP) — Women infected with the Zika virus late in their pregnancies had babies with no apparent birth defects, according to a study in Colombia that seems to confirm that the greatest risk to infants comes early in pregnancy. But the study also found troubling cases of severe birth defects in babies born to women who never realized they had contracted Zika.

NEW YORK (AP) — Women infected with the Zika virus late in their pregnancies had babies with no apparent birth defects, according to a study in Colombia that seems to confirm that the greatest risk to infants comes early in pregnancy. But the study also found troubling cases of severe birth defects in babies born to women who never realized they had contracted Zika.…