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USOC to hire infectious disease specialists for Zika

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 11:00pm UTC

The U.S. Olympic Committee will hire two infectious disease specialists to advise potential Olympians who are worried about the Zika outbreak in Brazil....

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Study finds Zika virus in fetal brain, a clue in outbreak

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 6:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- New details about the possible effects of the Zika virus on the fetal brain are emerging as researchers report finding an extremely abnormal brain in a fetus whose mother suffered Zika symptoms at the end of the first trimester while she was living in Brazil....

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Babies' eye damage and Zika? Brazil study suggests a link

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 4:00pm UTC

CHICAGO (AP) -- The Zika virus might cause eye damage in small-headed infants born to women infected during pregnancy, a small study in Brazil suggests....

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Refugee mental health needs could overwhelm, experts fear

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 12:00pm UTC

BOSTON (AP) -- For the thousands of Syrian refugees expected to arrive in the U.S. in coming months, the first order of business will be securing the basics - health care, jobs, education and a safe home....

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China reports first case of imported Zika virus

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 8:00am UTC

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinaamp;apos;s first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who recently traveled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said Wednesday....

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India launches campaign for deworming millions of children

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 8:00am UTC

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Millions of Indian children are getting deworming treatment in a massive national campaign to prevent parasitic worms from infecting them and impairing their mental and physical development....

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England's junior doctors go on strike as contract talks fail

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 8:00am UTC

LONDON (AP) -- Thousands of junior doctors throughout England have gone on strike after the failure of contract negotiations....

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India launches campaign for deworming millions of children

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 6:00am UTC

NEW DELHI (AP) -- Millions of Indian children are getting deworming treatment in a massive national campaign to prevent parasitic worms from infecting them and impairing their mental and physical development....

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Refugee mental health needs could overwhelm, experts fear

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 3:00am UTC

BOSTON (AP) -- For the thousands of Syrian refugees expected to arrive in the U.S. in coming months, the first order of business will be securing the basics - health care, jobs, education and a safe home....

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China reports 1st case of imported Zika virus

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 1:00am UTC

BEIJING (AP) -- Chinaamp;apos;s first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who recently traveled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said Wednesday....

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Australia commits to legal growing of medicinal marijuana

AP Health News - Fetched: February 10th, 2016, 1:00am UTC

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australian lawmakers committed on Wednesday to legalize the growing of marijuana for medical use within a part of the world renowned for zero-tolerance and harsh penalties for illegal drugs....

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