Zika virus: Less than four out of 10 of Americans know it may cause severe birth defects, may be sexually-transmitted

Even though a large majority of the U.S. public is aware of the Zika virus, according to a newly-released New York University (NYU) Zika study, fewer than half know some of the hallmarks of this novel virus: that it can cause birth defects among babies born to Zika-infected pregnant women, that it may be sexually-transmitted ["]