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U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., February 5, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young

Trump asks U.S. Congress to prohibit late-term abortion

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump called for curbs on late-term abortion in his State of the Union address (More...)

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Death of infant in Texas linked to Zika

A mosquito is seen under a microscope at the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District in Santa Fe Springs, California

 

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – The death of an infant born with the birth defect microcephaly in the Houston area (More…)

Florida is investigating apparent new case of locally transmitted Zika

Florida Gov. Rick Scott speaks at a press conference about the Zika virus in Doral, Florida, U.S. on August 4, 2016.

By Julie Steenhuysen

(Reuters) – Florida health officials are investigating a new non-travel- related case of Zika virus in Palm (More…)

Tropical storm Earl moves along Mexico’s Gulf coast

Bridge collapse because of Hurricane Earl

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Tropical storm Earl moved along Mexico’s Gulf coast on Friday, dumping large amounts of rain in (More…)

China’s ‘mosquito factory’ aims to wipe out Zika, other diseases

mosquitoes being released

GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Every week, scientists in southern China release 3 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes on a 3 km (two-mile) (More…)

CDC to provide $16 million more to fight Zika locally

Warning of mosquitoes carrying disease by CDC

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is making available more than $16 million to states (More…)

Exclusive: Hackers accessed Telegram messaging accounts in Iran – researchers

Guy working with those whose accounts were hacked

By Joseph Menn and Yeganeh Torbati

SAN FRANCISCO/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Iranian hackers have compromised more than a dozen accounts on (More…)

Typhoon Nida shuts Hong Kong, more than 150 flights canceled

Typhoon Nida uproots trees

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Typhoon Nida swept through Hong Kong on Tuesday, shutting down most of the financial hub and (More…)

U.S. weighs dangers, benefits of naming Russia in cyber hack

Hand in front of computer

By Warren Strobel and John Walcott

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Wary of a global confrontation with Russia, U.S. President Barack Obama (More…)

Shackled remains at ancient Greek site tell tale of intrigue

Skeletal remains, with iron shackles on their wrists, are laid in a row at the ancient Falyron Delta cemetery in Athens, Greece,

By Deborah Kyvrikosaios

ATHENS (Reuters) – At least 80 skeletons lie in a mass grave in an ancient Greek cemetery, (More…)

FDA takes steps to protect blood supply in Florida amid Zika probe

man having blood drawn

By Julie Steenhuysen and Toni Clarke

CHICAGO (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered blood banks in (More…)