These Images Show What Zika Does to Babies' Brains

These Images Show What Zika Does to Babies' Brains
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The pictures are hard to look at. 

Rough ridges appear where a baby's soft skull should be round and smooth. Inside, big patches of white show where brain tissue should be, and isn't. 

Brazilian and American doctors released a package of scans Tuesday showing the range of destruction that Zika virus can wreak on a developing child. Their aim isn't to horrify, but to help educate radiologists and other specialists about what they need to be on the lookout for as Zika spreads across the Western Hemisphere. 

 

 

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