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Florida Governor’s Wife Has Zika Mosquito Spray Business
8 September 2016 Ann Scott doesn't own a mosquito spraying business, but she does have a large financial stake in a Gulf Coast company.
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Pregnant Women Urged to Delay Nonessential Travel to Miami-Dade County Over Zika Fears
19 August 2016 The city of Miami Beach and the Wynwood neighborhood have confirmed transmissions of Zika, an infection that can cause severe birth defects.
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Mutation Response Vehicle
17 August 2016 Ominous-looking "Mutation Response Vehicles" spotted near Longwood, Florida, amplified Zika fears, but the automobiles were just part of the Burning Man festival.
Fact Check Medical
Is Coffee an Effective Protective Measure Against Mosquitoes and Zika?
9 August 2016 As fears about Zika have escalated, coffee has been touted as a potential mosquito-repelling measure. But the evidence behind it is paper-thin.
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Marco Rubio on Zika and Abortion?
22 February 2016 Marco Rubio did not state that Zika-linked birth defects were a punishment from God, nor that abortion was an attempt to evade that judgment.
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Zika Microcephaly Outbreak Caused by Monsanto Pesticide?
Updated An unsubstantiated theory suggesting a Monsanto pesticide caused an uptick in microcephaly births in Brazil reached a tipping point when it was promoted by George Takei.
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Zika Virus Caused by GMO Mosquitoes?
29 January 2016 A number of articles inspired by a single speculative comment in Reddit's conspiracy section suggested the Zika virus was transmitted by genetically modified mosquitoes.
