A severe birth defect linked to Zika quadrupled in Colombia this year; Surgeon general calls youth e-cigarette smoking ‘a major public health concern’; Forget those occasional cigarettes: There is no safe smoking level; Michael Bloomberg may be Big Tobacco’s biggest enemy; Silicon Valley’s ‘Nobels’: Mega-prizes awarded for work in brains, the origins of life and gravitational waves; Three bizarre (and potentially brilliant) ideas about music and health from TEDMED;     A severe birth defect linked to Zika quadrupled in Colombia this year A new report dispels suggestions that the country with second-largest number of Zika infections escaped a wave of fetal abnormalities including microcephaly. By Lena H. Sun  •  Read more » ADVERTISEMENT   Surgeon general calls youth e-cigarette smoking ‘a major public health concern’ A sharp rise in vaping by young people is troubling in part because we don't understand the dangers. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Forget those occasional cigarettes: There is no safe smoking level New study finds that smoking even just a few times a week raises the risk of dying of lung cancer and other causes By Laurie McGinley  •  Read more »   Michael Bloomberg may be Big Tobacco’s biggest enemy A new $360 million donation announced Monday by Bloomberg Philanthropies brings the group's total contribution to tobacco control to $1 billion. By Ariana Eunjung Cha  •  Read more »   Silicon Valley’s ‘Nobels’: Mega-prizes awarded for work in brains, the origins of life and gravitational waves A total of $25 million was awarded to winners of the Breakthrough Prizes in life sciences, physics and math. By Ariana Eunjung Cha  •  Read more »   Three bizarre (and potentially brilliant) ideas about music and health from TEDMED One of the big themes of TEDMED is the need to better understand the link between music and human health. By Ariana Eunjung Cha  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Recommended for you   Lean & Fit Fitness and wellness trends in your inbox weekly. Sign Up »         Share To Your Health:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for To Your Health. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071