State confirms 1st Zika infection from mosquito for 2017 – The Northwest Florida Daily News
10/15/2017
The Northwest Florida Daily NewsState confirms 1st Zika infection from mosquito for 2017The Northwest Florida Daily NewsTALLAHASSEE — Florida health officials are reporting the state's first case this year of the Zika virus transmitted by a mosquito. Florida's Department of Health said Thursday a Manatee County couple traveled to Cuba, and one of them contracted Zika …Florida Confirms Locally Transmitted Zika CaseU.S. News & World ReportZika Is Back in FloridaCosmopolitan.comFlorida confirms its first locally transmitted Zika case of 2017AOLFirst Coast News -WCJBall 19 news articles »

Improved Brain Organoids for Zika Virus Research – Medgadget (blog)
10/13/2017
Medgadget (blog)Improved Brain Organoids for Zika Virus ResearchMedgadget (blog)Researchers at UCLA have developed a method to produce improved brain organoids, or “mini brains,” that they claim mimic the structure of the human brain more closely than previous attempts. The investigators used the organoids to study how the Zika …and more »