Tag: over-the-zika
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Czech tennis stars Berdych, Pliskova join Olympic pull-outs over Zika
Czech tennis stars, world number eight Tomas Berdych and 16th-ranked Karolina Pliskova, on Saturday joined the growing band of players pulling out of the Olympics due to concerns over the Zika virus. “I am very sorry to announce that I will not take part in this year's Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,” Berdych,…
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Olympics-Berdych pulls out of Olympics tennis event
Czech Tomas Berdych has become the third high-profile tennis player to withdraw from the Olympics in two days, saying his concerns over the Zika virus prompted his decision. The world number eight’s announcement follows the decision by Wimbledon runner-up Milos Raonic and Simona Halep to withdraw from next month’s Rio tournament. “It was a hard…
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Pregnant NBC ‘Today’ anchor Guthrie skipping Olympics due to Zika
Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of NBC's “Today” show, said on Tuesday she is pregnant and will not travel to Brazil to cover the Olympics in August for the network due to concerns over the Zika virus, which has been linked to the birth defect microcephaly. “I'm not going to be able to go to Rio,” Guthrie…
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WHO asks experts to weigh Olympics impact on Zika spread
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has asked a panel of experts to consider whether the Rio Summer Olympics should be held as scheduled due to concerns it could spread the Zika virus. The WHO sent teams of senior scientists to Brazil four times “to gather first-hand data on the current situation and…
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WHO rejects calls to move Olympics over Zika fears
The World Health Organization has ruled out any change in timing or the location of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, shunning a call by doctors and scientists to shift the event over the Zika virus. An open letter addressed to the global health body signed by 150 international doctors, scientists and researchers…
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WHO rejects calls to move Olympics over Zika fears
The World Health Organization has ruled out any change in timing or the location of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, shunning a call by doctors and scientists to shift the event over the Zika virus. An open letter addressed to the global health body signed by 150 international doctors, scientists and researchers…
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Child still critical after lightning hits 11 in Paris park
PARIS (AP) — Eight children and three adults were struck by lightning Saturday in a Paris park after a sudden spring storm sent a bolt crashing down upon a children's birthday party, a spokesman for Paris' fire service said. He credited an off-duty firefighter with playing a critical role in getting immediate medical help to…
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WHO meets to decide whether to declare Zika a global emergency
Independent experts to the World Health Organization began deliberating on Monday whether to declare a global emergency over the Zika virus, which has been linked to thousands of birth defects in Brazil. The United Nations agency said last week the Zika virus was “spreading explosively” and could infect as many as 4 million people in…
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Britain gives scientist go-ahead to genetically modify human embryos
By Kate Kelland LONDON, Feb 1 (Reuters) – – Scientists in Britain have been give the go-ahead to edit the genes of human embryos for research, using a technique that some say could eventually be used to create “designer babies”. Less than a year after Chinese scientists caused an international furore by saying they had…