While Congress Debates Zika, Citizen Scientists Fight Mosquitoes
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The Asian tiger mosquito is widespread in New York. So far, there is only laboratory evidence that it can carry the zika virus, but scientists are watching closely.
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( Wikimedia / Centers for Disease Control and Prevention )
Produced by Ellen Frankman