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Year in Review: Top 10 Health Stories of 2016

Fear of the Zika virus and a shorter life expectancy weighed on Americans this year. But there was good news, too.

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The frightening spread of the Zika virus through the Americas. Outrage over soaring EpiPen prices. And more deaths in the U.S. from addictive opioid painkillers. Those are among the past year’s big health stories. Here are my choices for the top 10:

1. Zika virus

The mosquito-borne Zika virus exploded in Brazil, where it was found to cause birth defects in the fetuses of infected women, especially microcephaly. That causes babies to be born with a smaller than normal head and often leads to intellectual disability. As the...

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