Tag: potential-link
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Brazilian studies aim to unravel Zika’s link to birth defects
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – At Roberto Santos General Hospital in Salvador, Brazil, Dr. Antonio Almeida and a team of specialists are closely following two groups of women: Those who deliver babies with abnormally small heads and those who deliver apparently normal babies. The hospital is one of three in this city on Brazil’s eastern coast…
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Impact of Zika virus on Olympic preparations
Sports authorities across the world are scrambling to find out more about the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus in Brazil as they make plans for August’s Rio Olympics. Below are the latest announcements: AUSTRALIA Australia’s Olympic Committee said no athletes have indicated they intended to withdraw, but it would “totally understand” if they did.…