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With Florida battling a Zika virus outbreak in Miami, the full impacts of federal and international travel advisories on the state's tourism industry won't be known for months. The state's tourism-marketing arm Visit Florida, following Gov. Rick Scott and other officials, has maintained a message that Florida is safe and open for business.
Read More »Florida Gov Offers Free Zika Test Kits For Pregnant Women
Florida Gov. Rick Scott says pregnant women statewide can get a free Zika test to determine whether they’ve been infected with the mosquito-borne virus. Scott directed state health officials Wednesday to make the tests available at county health departments and also said the state would provide additional lab services to …
Read More »Scott Says Florida Remains ‘Safe State’ Amid Zika Battle
Florida political leaders say controlling the spread of the Zika virus is doable but will take everyone’s help, as travel advisories have been posted about visiting the state. The assurances came just hours before the Florida Department of Health reported that it was investigating an additional case of a person …
Read More »FAA Green Lights Private Company’s Moon-Shot
Cape Canaveral-based Moon Express is the first private space company to receive permission to head the moon.
Read More »Governor: 14 Florida Zika Cases Likely Caused By Mosquito
Gov. Rick Scott asked Monday for a federal emergency response team to help the state combat the spread of the Zika virus in the U.S., saying the number of cases in Florida had increased to 14. The new cases are clustered in the same square-mile neighborhood in Miami-Dade County identified …
Read More »Local Regulations ‘Mixed Bag’ For Pot Dispensaries
As pot shops start to sprout in Florida, cities are struggling with how --- or whether --- to regulate the state's new marijuana industry.
Read More »Two More Mysterious Zika Infections Reported In South Florida
Health officials fear that mosquitoes in the U.S. have begun spreading the virus as non-travel related cases rise.
Read More »Zika Investigations Eating Up Funds, Florida Officials Say
Zika is usually spread by mosquitoes, but nearly all the Zika cases in the U.S. have been contracted in other countries or through sex with someone who got it abroad.
Read More »Florida Investigating A Possible Non-Travel Related Zika Case
Of biggest concern are the 43 Florida women who are pregnant and have caught the virus.
Read More »SpaceX Dragon Capsule Delivers New Station Docking Port
The spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station, bearing more than 2 tons of supplies.
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