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LONDON (AP) — Health experts on Friday urged the World Health Organization to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Olympics should be postponed or moved because of the Zika outbreak.

U.S. CDC announces funds to fight Zika locally

May 13, 2016

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(Reuters) – The U.S. health department has made available more than $85 million to fight Zika infection in the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. U.S. states and territories can now apply to the CDC for funds to combat Zika, which has been linked to birth defect microcephaly and…

U.S. CDC announces funds to fight Zika locally

May 13, 2016

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(Reuters) – The U.S. health department has made available more than $85 million to fight Zika infection in the country, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. U.S. states and territories can now apply to the CDC for funds to combat Zika, which has been linked to birth defect microcephaly and…

To The Little One Who Lost Her Mother To Adddiction

May 13, 2016

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Becoming a mother has really opened my heart. Besides being with family, I notice the compassion most when I am teaching yoga. One of my favorite places to teach yoga is in addiction treatment. I get to watch how people who look to check out start tuning into themselves. I see the wounded child come…

Obama wants $1.9B to fight Zika: Where does it stand?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request for emergency money to combat the Zika virus has been sitting before Congress for more than two months, and there's no obvious path forward despite a growing threat in the hot summer months and increasing public anxiety.

Obama wants $1.9B to fight Zika: Where does it stand?

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama's $1.9 billion request for emergency money to combat the Zika virus has been sitting before Congress for more than two months, and there's no obvious path forward despite a growing threat in the hot summer months and increasing public anxiety.

Sanofi launches $9.3 billion fight for U.S. cancer firm Medivation

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By Ben Hirschler and Leigh Thomas LONDON/PARIS (Reuters) – French drugmaker Sanofi went public with a $9.3 billion offer to buy Medivation on Thursday, setting up what could be a lengthy takeover fight after the U.S. cancer firm rebuffed its approaches. The decision to target Medivation marks a return to the biotech takeover trail for…

Colorado clinic accused gunman due in court for competency hearing

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A man accused of fatally shooting three people and wounding nine others at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado last year is set to return to court on Thursday for a hearing to determine if he is mentally competent enough to fire his lawyers. Robert Lewis Dear, 58, has said he wants to represent himself…

UBS, MPM team up on $471 million cancer fund to speed drug development

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