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Zika Bill Is Blocked by Senate Democrats Upset Over Provisions

Democrats charged that Republicans had sabotaged the bill by adding provisions to restrict the role of Planned Parenthood in providing contraceptive services.

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Rabies Test Strips Are Found to Be Unsatisfactory

Diagnostic strips made by six companies “cannot be recommended” because of high false-negative rates, according to scientists in Germany.

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Sex May Spread Zika Virus More Often Than Researchers Suspected

It’s not just mosquitoes: Two reports suggest that women in South America, especially of childbearing age, are likelier to be infected than men.

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Researchers Try Grindr App to Give Out H.I.V. Self-Testing Kits

The initial study was confined to Los Angeles, but the idea is considered “ripe for expansion” to other cities and even overseas.

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Hotlines Faster Than Hospitals in Pinpointing Dengue, Study Says

Calls to public health hotlines in Pakistan confirmed outbreaks two or three weeks earlier, according to a new study.

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Zika Data From the Lab, and Right to the Web

A primate lab’s free sharing of information, contrary to the norm of saving data for publication, may lead to a model for responding to epidemics.

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Adults Have Become Shorter in Many Countries

Average heights appear to have peaked 30 to 40 years ago and have declined slightly since then, according to results compiled from 1,472 studies.

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4 Zika Cases in Florida Were Likely Spread by Local Mosquitoes, C.D.C. Says

The cases, involving Miami-Dade County, represent the first documented instances of local transmission by bug bite for the mainland United States.

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Zika Cases in Puerto Rico Are Skyrocketing

Thousands of islanders — and up to 50 pregnant women — are getting infected every day with the mosquito-borne virus.

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Cover Lets Household Drills Be Used in Surgery

The Grand Challenges of Canada program has chosen to support financially a drill cover that helps surgeons in low-budget hospitals.

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