Sammy Mack

WLRN

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Public health reporter for WLRN, the NPR member station in Miami, Florida

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For the first time ever, the CDC has issued a  travel warning  inside the United States, as the  Zika virus  has broken out in Miami, and some public health experts are warning of an…

A public health scare and congressional inaction

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