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Sometimes public officials hold press conferences for no particular reason, except perhaps to get themselves on TV.

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Regular followers of our site might think that a more appropriate name for us might be the American Council on Zika and Zik

Since Zika became big news a few months ago, its story has progressed as the virus and its transmission have been studie

The headlines didn't exactly jump off the page: "BioCryst's Zika drug shows promise in mice." Big deal.

The surest way to avoid worrying about getting the Zika virus is avoid being bitten by a mosquito transmitting it.

I have been writing about Zika since the time before it became part of the public vernacular.