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Associated PressOctober 3, 2016

Just over a month ago, Miami Beach Botanical Garden was home to over 2,000 colorful, water-trapping bromeliads, some featuring red flowers that burst like fireworks from dark green spirals. Identified as breeding grounds for mosquitoes that carry Zika, they’ve all been pulled out, leaving shallow depressions in flower beds and exposing irrigation lines. Walking through […]

Staff ReportsAugust 23, 2016

Nearly 400 non-travel-related Zika infections will occur in Florida before the end of the summer, according to new projections by biostatisticians at the University of Florida and other institutions. In addition, the virus is projected to spread to several other Southeastern states with handfuls of cases projected to pop up from Texas to South Carolina, and even […]

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Tag: Zika transmission
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Growers: Bromeliads aren’t to blame for Zika in Miami Beach

Non-travel Zika cases in Florida could approach 400 by summer’s end, UF researchers say