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Zika infection late in pregnancy didn’t produce defects in study

NEW YORK (AP) — Women infected with the Zika virus late in their pregnancies had babies with no apparent birth defects, according to a study in Colombia that seems to confirm that the greatest risk to infants comes early in pregnancy. But the study also found troubling cases of severe birth

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Church-going women live longer, Harvard study shows

BOSTON – Does attending church give you a longer life? A Harvard University study shows a significant proportion of women who went to services more than once a week lived longer than those who never attended religious services. For the Nurses' Health Study, researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan