Soccer-I’m 2-0 up in battle against cancer, says Cruyff

Soccer legend Johan Cruyff gives Guadalajara Chivas soccer jerseys to fans at the Omnilife stadium in GuadalajaraDutch soccer great Johan Cruyff says he is "2-0 up in the first half" of his fight against lung cancer and confident of winning the battle. A former smoker who had heart surgery in 1991, the 68-year-old former Barcelona coach was diagnosed with cancer in October. "After several medical treatments I can say the results have been very positive, thanks to the excellent work of the doctors, the affection of the people and my positive mentality," triple Ballon d&;Or winner Cruyff said in a statement.

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WHO sees Zika link proven in weeks as U.S., India lead vaccine race

World Health Organization (WHO) Assistant Director-General Kieny addresses a news conference on Zika virus in GenevaBy Stephanie Nebehay and Ben Hirschler GENEVA/LONDON (Reuters) – Suspected links between the Zika virus and two neurological disorders, microcephaly in babies and Guillain-Barre syndrome, should be confirmed within weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. A sharp increase in birth defects in Brazil has triggered a global health emergency over the mosquito-borne virus and spurred a race to develop a vaccine and better diagnostic tests. The WHO said U.S. government scientists and an Indian biotechnology firm were currently frontrunners in the race to develop a vaccine and for the first time it advised pregnant women to consider delaying travel to Zika-infected areas.

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Rabid bats kill 12 children in Peru

A vampire bat captured at a camp in Peru's jungle province of Condorcanqui, close to the border with EcuadorAt least 12 indigenous children in Peru have died from rabies after being bitten by blood-sucking bats, which locals at first blamed on witchcraft, health officials said. The children aged between eight and 15 died between September and February in two indigenous communities in the Amazon region of Loreto, regional health official Hermann Silva said. "From the symptoms and medical reports it was determined that the 12 children from the Achuar ethnic group died from an outbreak of wild rabies," Silva told AFP.

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