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Zika
Beth Skwarecki
Nobody likes mosquitoes, but the mosquitoes sure do love us. Spraying your skin with DEET, picaridin, or oil of lemon eucalyptus keeps them at bay, but stores are full of wristbands, candles, clothing, and other products that claim to repel bugs without those nasty “chemicals.” Some of them might help,…
A birth defect called microcephaly, where babies are born with extremely small brains, has affected thousands more babies than usual this year in Brazil. The culprit may be a virus called Zika, which has no vaccine, no cure and is transmitted by mosquitoes.
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