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  • Brazil launches first dengue vaccine campaign: drug maker

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    Brazil on Saturday launched the first public immunisation programme in the Americas against dengue fever, with 500,000 people to be injected with the world's first authorized vaccine against the disease, French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi said. The programme will be rolled out in the southern state of Parana, said the maker of the Dengvaxia vaccine, which…

  • Olympics-Soccer-IOC disappointed with Solo’s "cowards" comments

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    By Karolos Grohmann RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug 13 (Reuters) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is disappointed that United States goalkeeper Hope Solo branded opponents Sweden as cowards after they knocked her team out of the women’s soccer tournament, but will not take any disciplinary action. The best team did not win today.” Solo is…

  • Tanzanian rats with nose for trouble train to save lives

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    They have proven their worth in detecting landmines but Africa's giant pouched rats have a lesser-known but equally critical vocation – saving lives by speeding up tuberculosis detection. It's all in the nose, says the Belgian non-governmental organisation APOPO. “The biggest obstacle has been the negative perception that people have of the rat,” said APOPO…

  • U.S. agency denies petition to reclassify marijuana

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    WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday denied requests to stop classifying marijuana as a dangerous drug with no medical use, leaving users and businesses in limbo after many states have legalized it for medical or recreational purposes. The DEA though did relax certain restrictions on growing marijuana for research purposes.…

  • Clinton urges U.S. Congress to reconvene, pass Zika bill

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    U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged federal lawmakers currently on summer recess back into session to pass a crucial funding bill to combat the Zika virus as she visited a health clinic at the heart of a local outbreak in Miami on Tuesday. Lawmakers should pass the $1.1 billion bipartisan bill for the mosquito-borne…

  • Insomnia, sleep apnea tied to risk of second stroke

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    By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) – People with sleep disorders like sleep apnea, insomnia or restless leg syndrome may have a poorer recovery after a stroke and higher risk of a second stroke, according to a review of existing research. The authors recommend screening for these sleep disorders among people who have had a stroke…

  • California Girl Raises Thousands for Homeless Neighbors With Lemonade Stand

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    A preteen from California has already dedicated half of her life to helping the homeless in her area, raising thousands of dollars by hosting a lemonade stand every summer since she was 6 years old. Janelle Sagen, the mother of 12-year-old Jaelyn “J.J.” Sagen, told ABC News today that it all started when her daughter…

  • Mediterranean diet may help maintain brain health

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    By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – Elderly people who follow a Mediterranean-style diet may benefit from better brain health and a lower risk for cognitive impairment later in life, according to a new U.S. study. “It suggests that a healthy dietary pattern and specific dietary components have impact on biomarkers of brain pathology,” senior researcher…

  • Correction: Zika-Vaccine story

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    NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Aug. 4 about vaccines being developed to fight Zika virus, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the institute where one of the vaccines is being developed. It is the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, not Walter Reade Army Institute of Research.

  • U.S. officials provide stopgap Zika funds, Congress urged to act

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    Federal health officials, scrambling to fund efforts to combat the spread of the Zika virus in the United States, said on Tuesday they have provided more stopgap money to various locales while calls grew for Congress to cut short its recess and act. Concern is mounting about the threat posed by the mosquito-borne virus after…