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In this May 4, 2018 photo, Jose Wesley Campos, who was born with the Zika-caused microcephaly birth defect, smiles while waiting for his therapy session at the Disabled Child Assistance Association, in Recife, Brazil. A stark contrast from a few years ago, when Jose would shriek uncontrollably. Desperate, his mother would calm him by putting him in a bucket of water. Now his mother says, &quot;Sometimes, it is as if he swallowed a clown.&quot;. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

From shrieks in bucket to laughs, Brazil Zika baby improves

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Solange Ferreira holds her son Jose Wesley Campos as family friend Sandra Souza, right, holds his nasogastric feeding tube during his 1-year birthday party on Sept. 27 at his home in Bonito, Pernambuco state, Brazil. Learning how to feed is Jose’s latest struggle as medical problems mount for him and many other infants born with small heads to mothers infected with the Zika virus in Brazil. (Associated Press)

As babies stricken by Zika turn 1, health problems mount

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