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Health officials say several people in Florida diagnosed with the Zika virus were likely infected from domestic mosquitos – the first documented cases of local transmission of the infectious disease in the continental U.S. (The New York Times)

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Madeline Conway was a summer 2016 newsletters fellow at the Tribune. At Harvard, she studied history and sociology and was managing editor of the Harvard Crimson. Prior to the Tribune, Madeline worked...