A mother holds her 45-day-old daughter, who is suffering from microcephalia caught through an Aedes aegypti mosquito bite, at a hospital in Salvador, Brazil on January 27, 2016 (AFP Photo/Christophe Simon)
MIAMI — A baby with Zika-related microcephaly was born in Florida, Florida Department of Health officials confirmed Tuesday. The baby is the first child to be born in Florida with the defect, which causes abnormally small heads and incomplete brain development, as a result of the Zika virus. The mother, a Haiti citizen, had a travel-related…
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