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A case of measles has been confirmed in Maryland, and the Maryland Department of Health has issued a warning for those who might have been exposed to the infectious respiratory disease.

The rapid spread of the Zika virus — and its now clear association with microcephaly in babies exposed prenatally — has put extraordinary pressure on the research community to develop a vaccine as rapidly as possible. But accelerating the development of this vaccine is not only scientifically and logistically complicated, it is ethically complicated.