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Once Migrants Reach Europe, Countries Face Integration Challenge

6:47pm January 29, 2016

We've heard the numbers: Thousands of migrants and refugees are risking everything to get to Europe every day. Nearly a million people claimed asylum in the European Union just last year. But how are countries handling this influx? NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Thomas Liebig, senior migration specialist at the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, which just released a report called "Making Integration Work."

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Should The U.S. Be Concerned About The Zika Virus?

6:46pm January 29, 2016

A meeting next week will determine if the Zika virus is an international health emergency. Renee Montagne talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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Political Upheaval Takes Toll On Haiti's Struggling Economy

5:23pm January 29, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

The economy is tanking as Haiti struggles over who will be the next president. One small businessman shares his experience under the administration of current President Michel Martelly.

Iranian-American Released In Prisoner Exchange Criticizes His Treatment

5:15pm January 29, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Nader Modanlo, an Iranian-American who was released from U.S. federal prison as part of the swap of American prisoners in Iran. He says he is unhappy with how his release was handled and the strings that came attached.

Dr. Adriana Mattos examines three-month-old Barbara Antonia, who has microcephaly. Her mother, Ana Claudia Teixera, caught the Zika virus when she was four months pregnant.

Zika-Linked Brain Damage In Infants May Be 'Tip Of The Iceberg'

4:47pm January 29, 2016

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

An investigation is finding "profound abnormalities" in babies with microcephaly who are born to Brazilian mothers suspected of having the Zika infection.

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A colored-in microscopic image of the parasite that causes African sleeping sickness (teal) among red blood cells.

No Sex Please, We're Sleeping Sickness Parasites

4:44pm January 29, 2016

by Maanvi Singh

Researchers have uncovered a juicy tidbit that could be the parasite's undoing.

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'I'm Still Here': NPR Reporter On Trying To Reconnect With Syrian Refugee

4:29pm January 29, 2016

by Melissa Block

NPR's Melissa Block has an essay about her experience trying to reconnect with a Syrian migrant she interviewed last summer.

Doctors In Brazil Admit Doubt In Number Of Zika-Linked Microcephaly Cases

4:29pm January 29, 2016

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

How many cases of microcephaly in Brazil have actually been linked to the Zika virus? Of the nearly 4,200 cases reported, only six have been linked with certainty to the virus.

This is a partial view of the tennis center at Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro. The International Olympic Committee is sending an advisory to participants in the 2016 Summer Games on how to deal with the mosquito-borne Zika virus.

Zika Virus Spurs Concerns Over Summer Olympic Games In Rio

4:18pm January 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The International Olympic Committee is sending an advisory to participants on how to deal with the mosquito-borne virus. The games in Rio de Janeiro begin in 189 days.

A car passes in an area that was destroyed during the battle between the U.S. backed Kurdish forces and the Islamic State fighters in Kobani, north Syria, in 2015.

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Reaction To U.N. Envoy's Video Shows Difficulties Of Syria Peace Talks

3:52pm January 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The U.N.-sponsored talks begin today in Geneva, five years into Syria's civil war. A message from the U.N. envoy for Syria hasn't necessarily helped matters.