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Trump bans cruise ships departing from the US from travelling to Cuba

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The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of US travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut off cash to the island’s communist government. “We will communicate to our guests and travel partners as additional information becomes available.”

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Wipe Out Zika Virus Carrying Mosquitoes with Pesticides

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Local mosquito borne transmission of Zika virus has recently been reported in Puerto Rico, the U.S. but there have been travel associated cases. Because mosquitoes may travel miles as adults, any management efforts, including still theoretical genetic modification of male mosquitoes, may provide only temporary control.

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Zika Virus and LEED Buildings – Redux

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As of August 3, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises there are only 6 confirmed “locally acquired mosquito born cases” of Zika, 16 sexually transmitted cases, and 1,818 travel associated cases in the continental U.S.,

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