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Zika virus is no longer a world threat, the Trans-Pacific Partnership was abandoned, Airbnb launched a new service and more news that you missed

The World Health Organization declared on Friday that Zika virus, shown to cause microcephaly in infants and spread by mosquitos, was no longer an international emergency. The virus causes a mild fever and flu-like symptoms in healthy adults but has been linked to malformed heads in newborns, and research has suggested possible links to other birth defects.

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