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Greek narcotics forces have managed to disband 3 notorious drug rings operating in the cities of Larissa and Volos, central Greece. The Greek narcotics unit in conjunction with the Crime Prevention and Repression group arrested two couples in Larissa last week who had stashed 418 grams of heroine in their car.

A probe into the founding general director of an anti-drug organization in Turkey, who was ironically arrested over drug possession in late January, has widened further with new serious allegations of drug distribution and sexual assault.

A new study suggests that there is a correlation between lung cancer with increased intake of carbohydrates. The study conducted by the University of Texas under the guidance of Dr. Stephanie Melkonian of the ‘Anderson Cancer Center’  revealed that people with higher levels of sugar in their blood have 49 per cent more probability of developing lung cancer.

Scientists on March 1 said they had confirmed that the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder.

It was a typically anodyne statement by the World Health Organisation: "Given the magnitude of the Zika crisis, WHO encourages affected countries and their partners to boost the use of both old and new approaches to mosquito control." Anodyne, that is, until you realize what they mean by "new approaches."

A baby gorilla has been delivered by a rare caesarean section at a British zoo in an operation performed by a hospital gynaecologist, the zoo said on Feb. 23.

Vets at Bristol zoo in western England called in expert medical help after the mother Kera showed signs of potentially life-threatening pre-eclampsia. 

Joint teams of U.S. and Brazilian health workers will fan out across one of Brazil's poorest states Feb. 23 in search of mothers and infants for a study aimed at determining whether the Zika virus is causing babies to be born with unusually small heads.

Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry has advised the country's citizens to exercise caution when visiting parts of South America afflicted by mosquito-transmitted diseases.

Scientists have won an important battle in the war against cancer, Greek specialists in blood cancers said following the announcement of the extraordinary results of a revolutionary cancer treatment in early trials involving terminally ill patients.

Brazil is signing an agreement with the University of Texas to develop a vaccine against the Zika virus, the country's health minister said on Feb. 11, adding the goal is for the vaccine to be ready for clinical testing within 12 months.