The Olympics is more than a competition among athletes with exceptional strength, skills and abilities. As previous Olympics have shown, there are other trials at play. For example, the Beijing Olympics was a test of resilience ...
Jul 28, 2016
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It's only July, and already 2016 may go down in sports history as the "Year of the PED". In January, five-time National Football League Most Valuable Player Peyton Manning faced allegations of using human growth hormone (he ...
Jul 27, 2016
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The Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro have been overshadowed by a plethora of concerns—civil unrest, shoddy construction, and the Zika virus, to name a few—and the Games are still about a month away. Now a new study from ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Consumer products maker SC Johnson says its OFF! brand has been named the official insect repellent supplier for next month's Olympic Games, to be held in Rio de Janeiro amid ongoing fears about the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
Jul 5, 2016
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Researchers will study some U.S. athletes for Zika during the summer Olympics and Paralympics in Brazil, to better understand how the virus infects.
Jul 5, 2016
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There is a "very low risk" of the Zika virus spreading further internationally as a result of the Olympic Games in Brazil, the World Health Organization's emergency committee on the disease said Tuesday.
Jun 14, 2016
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The World Health Organization's chief says she will convene an expert committee to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics should proceed as planned, following concerns raised about the threat of the Zika virus.
Jun 3, 2016
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The World Health Organization has ruled out any change in timing or the location of the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, shunning a call by doctors and scientists to shift the event over the Zika virus.
May 29, 2016
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South Korea's Olympic committee on Wednesday unveiled Zika-proof long-sleeved shirts and pants it says will help protect the country's Olympic athletes from the mosquito-borne virus at this year's games in Rio de Janeiro.
Apr 27, 2016
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An infectious disease specialist from the University of Utah will chair a group formed by the U.S. Olympic Committee to address concerns about the Zika virus and other health issues at the Rio de Janeiro Games this summer.
Mar 4, 2016
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