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Zika hasn’t been in the news much, but that doesn’t mean it’s gone

Herd immunity may be preventing more big outbreaks

Zika testing line in Brownsville

MORE QUEUES  Concerns over Zika in the United States have abated but are not gone. City and county officials in Brownsville, Texas, hosted a Zika Action Day in September to educate residents on how to protect themselves from such mosquito-borne diseases.

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By Aimee Cunningham

- More than 2 years ago

Less than a year after the World Health Organization declared Zika is no longer a public health emergency, the virus seems to have fallen from public consciousness, at least outside of heavily affected areas.