Disease experts to compare Zika notes in Paris

Aedes aegypti mosquitosSome 600 disease experts from 43 nations will gather in Paris on Monday to pore over scant but increasingly worrisome data emerging about the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and threatening the world. Scientists and public health specialists will discuss the virus&; links to microcephaly, a disorder that causes severe brain damage in babies, and to adult-onset neurological problems such as Guillain-Barre Syndrome, which can cause paralysis and death. "It is now clear that the Zika virus can cause serious complications, and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the current outbreak a public health emergency of international concern," Institut Pasteur president Christian Brechot told AFP by email.

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Prince cremated; family, friends honor him at ceremony in Minnesota

A man writes on a makeshift memorial as fans gather at Harlem's Apollo Theater to celebrate the life of deceased musician Prince in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S.Prince&;s remains have been cremated and his family and friends attended a private ceremony on Saturday to pay their respects to the late pop superstar at the studio complex and home where he died in a suburb of Minneapolis, a Prince spokeswoman said. Among those seen entering the Paisley Park Studios complex were his sister, Tyka Nelson, musician and former collaborator Sheila E., his former bass player Larry Graham and model Damaris Lewis. The service came two days after Prince, whose hits included "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry," was found dead in an elevator at the complex at age 57.

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U.S. judge orders recount in Tennessee abortion vote

Chief District Judge Kevin Sharp called the procedure by which the state counted votes for the measure, Amendment 1, “fundamentally unfair.” He said it violated equal protection and due process rights guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. “As a remedy, the Court will order a recount of the 2014 Election solely in relation to Amendment 1, but defer ruling on the question of whether the election on Amendment 1 should be voided,” Sharp wrote in a 52-page decision. Amendment 1 was approved by 53 percent of the vote after one of the most costly election campaigns in Tennessee history.
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