Florida probes possible first US Zika mosquito bite case
Health officials in Florida investigate whether a Miami area woman's Zika infection is the first mainland US transmission by a mosquito bite. Lab tests confirmed infection with no travel links. officials cite ongoing CDC and state health reviews and a plan requiring multiple local cases to declare mosquito transmission.
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For Disease Control and Prevention
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Yale researchers map brain synapses with PET scan tool
Yale University researchers report a PET scan tracer that highlights brain synapses, enabling visualization of synapse density in living humans. In a small study, healthy volunteers and epilepsy patients showed reduced synapses in affected regions, offering a potential pathway to monitor neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric diseases.
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Yale University
Science Translational Medicine
Peter Herscovitch
National Institutes of Health
Yale
Richard Carson
Carson
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