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On the recordMay 11, 2016
The second article says: ``Zika findings could be 'game changers,' opening doors to research.'' It begins by saying: Two groups of scientists reported Wednesday that fetal mice infected with Zika showed brain damage, a finding that confirms the prevailing view that the virus can disrupt the development of fetal brains in humans and provides a clearer avenue to study the problem. The work should put to rest lingering doubts in some quarters that the Zika outbreak sweeping through Latin America and the Caribbean is responsible for a surge in babies born with microcephaly and other brain anomalies. It goes on to quote an associate professor of pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, who says: Let me put it bluntly: These are game changers. . . . We need to move forward now. There is an article dated May 10 in the Miami Herald: ``Two new Zika cases in Miami-Dade raise state total to 109.'' Florida health officials confirmed two new Zika infections in Miami-Dade on Tuesday, raising the statewide total to 109 people who have contracted the virus this year, more than any state. In Miami-Dade, where most of Florida's Zika cases have been reported, 44 people have been infected with the virus, said the state health department, but the disease has not been transmitted locally by mosquito bites. Broward County has reported 15 cases of Zika.…
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