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2nd pregnant Australian woman tests positive for Zika virus

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 8:00pm UTC

SYDNEY (AP) -- A pregnant woman in Australia has tested positive for the Zika virus after traveling overseas - the second such case this week, health officials said Friday....

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Dems seek drug abuse funds as election-year issue sharpens

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 5:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congressional Democrats called Thursday for hundreds of millions in emergency spending to fight drug abuse but ran into Republican resistance as another health issue spiraled into an election-year showdown....

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Study: Neanderthal DNA may influence modern depression risk

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 3:00pm UTC

NEW YORK (AP) -- A new study says a personamp;apos;s risk of becoming depressed or hooked on smoking may be influenced by DNA inherited from Neanderthals....

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Mystery illness sickens 174 students at Pennsylvania college

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 3:00pm UTC

COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. (AP) -- The number of students sickened by a mystery illness at Ursinus College in eastern Pennsylvania has risen to over 170....

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Brazil and US university reach deal on Zika vaccine

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 1:00pm UTC

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil has signed an agreement with the University of Texas Medical Branch to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months....

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CDC ships Zika test for pregnant women; Puerto Rico at risk

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 1:00pm UTC

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is shipping Zika virus tests for pregnant women to health departments, as travelers try to tell if they returned with an infection that could put a developing baby at risk. But officials warn there could be temporary shortages....

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UK health secretary to impose contract on junior doctors

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 1:00pm UTC

LONDON (AP) -- Britainamp;apos;s health secretary has taken the unusual step of opting to impose a new contract on junior doctors after failing to strike a deal with thousands of medical professionals in England....

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Brazil and University of Texas reach deal on Zika vaccine

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

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) -- Brazil has signed an agreement with the University of Texas to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months....

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Several states seek to block 2nd trimester abortion method

AP Health News - Fetched: February 11th, 2016, 5:00am UTC

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) -- Abortion opponents in Mississippi, West Virginia and several other states are filing bills to ban an abortion procedure commonly used in the second trimester that opponents describe as dismembering a fetus....

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