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Donald G. McNeil Jr. is a science reporter covering plagues and pestilences for The New York Times, where he began work as a copy boy in 1976. He is a former Africa correspondent and has reported from fifty-five countries.
A gripping narrative about the Zika virus from the New York Times science reporter covering the outbreak.Until recently, Zika virus—once considered a mild disease—was hardly a cause for global panic. But as early as August of 20...