US health officials warned last week that the Zika outbreak could have more of an effect on the United States and called for additional funding to combat the virus. In fact they now want $1.9 billion to fight the “war against Zika”. To back their case, after months of scientific study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that there was now enough evidence to clearly establish that the Zika virus causes microcephaly in the newborn offspring of infected mothers. Their report was published by the New England Journal of Medicine. Jon Rappoport asks is it about science or money? : The new NEJM study on Zika aims to eliminate doubt that the Zika virus causes microcephaly. Until now, that doubt was widespread. Even the World Health Organization was making careful statements: “…although no definite causal link has been established between Zika and microcephaly (babies born with smaller heads and brain damage), we believe there is a connection…” That sort of thing. The new NEJM study is supposed to erase, once and for all, that “maybe.” But it doesn’t. It’s not even close. Because when you wade through the rather dense language, what you see is an attempt [...]