NPR: French Polynesia https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=466153419 French Polynesia en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Tue, 27 May 2025 19:11:32 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: French Polynesia https://www.npr.org/tags/466153419/french-polynesia Why Olympic surfing events are in Tahiti, thousands of miles from Paris Olympic surfing events are taking place in Teahupo’o, a small village nearly 9,800 miles from the host city of Paris. The path to Tahiti has been years in the making, and not without controversy. Wed, 24 Jul 2024 13:24:36 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/nx-s1-5050686/olympics-surfing-tahiti https://www.npr.org/2024/07/24/nx-s1-5050686/olympics-surfing-tahiti

Olympic surfing events are taking place in Teahupo’o, a small village nearly 9,800 miles from the host city of Paris. The path to Tahiti has been years in the making, and not without controversy.

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]]> Rachel Treisman New Study Makes The Case For A Zika Virus Link To Guillain-Barre Researchers say Zika virus should be added to the list of diseases that cause Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological condition that's been rising in areas with Zika transmission. Mon, 29 Feb 2016 18:36:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/02/29/468250463/new-study-makes-the-case-for-a-zika-virus-link-to-guillain-barre https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/02/29/468250463/new-study-makes-the-case-for-a-zika-virus-link-to-guillain-barre Aedes aegypti is a spreader of Zika virus.'/>

Researchers say Zika virus should be added to the list of diseases that cause Guillain-Barre syndrome, a neurological condition that's been rising in areas with Zika transmission.

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]]> Rae Ellen Bichell Zika In French Polynesia: It Struck Hard In 2013, Then Disappeared The islands saw the world's largest outbreak before Brazil: 20,000 cases. It may have been linked to birth defects — research is still being done. And in 2014 it seemed to disappear. Tue, 09 Feb 2016 12:05:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/02/09/466152313/zika-in-french-polynesia-it-struck-hard-in-2013-then-disappeared https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/02/09/466152313/zika-in-french-polynesia-it-struck-hard-in-2013-then-disappeared

The islands saw the world's largest outbreak before Brazil: 20,000 cases. It may have been linked to birth defects — research is still being done. And in 2014 it seemed to disappear.

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