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Wednesday, February 24, 2016
14 more U.S.
reports of Zika
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NEW YORK (AP) —
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investigating more than
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men who visited areas with
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female sex partners, who had
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spread the virus to their sex
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said the long list of health
problems made an autopsy
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phone.
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Scalia suffered
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pulmonary disease and high
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in his bed, not far from the
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had gone on a hunting trip.
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at Stanford University, said
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sleep apnea, would be at risk
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