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Researchers find new Zika clues to birth defect in fetus study
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – Researchers on Wednesday reported new evidence strengthening the association between Zika virus and a spike in birth defects, citing the presence of the virus in the brain of an aborted fetus of a European woman who became pregnant while living in Brazil. An autopsy of the fetus showed microcephaly…
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Twin Sisters Give Birth in Same Hospital Minutes Apart
The sisters welcomed their bundles of joy earlier this week.
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Twin Sisters Give Birth in Same Hospital Minutes Apart
The sisters welcomed their bundles of joy earlier this week.
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Republicans press for refugee limits in U.S. spending talks
Conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with an effort to attach a crackdown on Middle Eastern refugees to a $1 trillion spending bill that must pass within days to avert a government shutdown. With negotiations over the spending package gearing up, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, in a Reuters…
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What I Learned From Being Stuck in a Foreign Country
I'm going home next week after six years abroad. Two long-haul flights, five airports, fifty hours travel time. Before I cornered myself in Brazil, I worked in the luxury service industry in Australia. So that makes me a hooker, or yoga and meditation teacher at a six star spa resort, right? I moved to Brazil…
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U.S. judge rules for SEC in fight with House panel over insider trading probe
By Nate Raymond NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. House of Representatives panel and a former staffer must comply with subpoenas issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as part of an insider trading probe, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Paul Gardephe in Manhattan, in a decision made public on Monday, said…