AILSA CHANG, HOST: Scientists say they have solved a mystery about the Zika virus. They think they've figured out why the virus became a global threat all of a sudden and started causing severe birth defects. As NPR's Michaeleen Doucleff reports, the

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Earlier this year, you might remember the Zika virus was spreading through the Americas, and the situation looked dire. Brazil was reporting more than a thousand cases of microcephaly, a condition in which babies are born with ext

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Is Zika Virus in Brazil Causing Brain Damage in Babies? 巴西罕见病毒Zika致婴儿小头 From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Health officials in Brazil have declared a state of emergency in several states. They are al

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Spotlight on Zika Helps Neglected Tropical Diseases 关注Zika等热带疾病 The diseases afflict more than a billion people around the world but the media gives little attention to them. They are Neglected Tropical Diseases or NTDs. The World Healt

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AS IT IS 2016-02-14 Olympic Athletes Concerned About Zika Virus With the outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil, national Olympic committees are discussing whether to send their athletes to the Games. Brazil reported the first case of Zika virus in May

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Update: Breakthrough in Fighting Zika From VOA Learning English, this is the Health Lifestyle report. Researches have reported a breakthrough in the search for a treatment for Zika virus. To better understand this report, you will need to know the fo

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