US Athletes Focus on Competition, Despite Olympic Worries

The countdown is under way to the Summer Olympics, which will start on August 5 in Rio de Janeiro.  U.S. athletes who met this week with reporters in California said they are focused on the competition, despite health concerns, including Zika virus, which is spreading in Brazil.  The mosquito-borne virus causes mild infections in most people, but poses a risk to unborn babies.   It has been linked to microcephaly, a condition in which children are born with abnormally...

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