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First COVID-19, now mosquitoes: booster for insect-borne diseases

Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and a painful headache when her parents found her numb in her bed one morning last fall. Doctors finally diagnosed Sudbury, Massachusetts, 5, a resident with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe mosquito-borne virus that causes brain inflammation. Garabedian survived …

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Another conference cancels fall sports for 2020

There was big news last week about the college sports landscape as Big Ten and Pac-12 announced plans to play only conference games during this year’s fall sports season, while the Ivy League went one step further, canceling all fall sports. Now the Ivy League has company, as another university …

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Good MLB views, if fans know where to look

BOSTON (AP) – Tucked under center field seats in Fenway Park, down a flight of stairs from Lansdowne Street in an area that was previously used as the visiting team’s batting cage, there’s a sports bar being prepared to reopen since the closure of the coronavirus. Largely windowless and decorated …

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