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Despite international panic about the spread of the Zika virus, Anita Barry, director of the Infectious Disease Bureau at the Boston Public Health Commission, said she believes Boston won’t “see much local transmission.” PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA

Zika virus continues to spread, reported in Boston

Jessie Levinson February 2, 2016

The World Health Organization announced Thursday that the Zika virus is “spreading explosively” throughout the Americas and could potentially affect about four million people by the end of the...

The enterovirus has already been cited in 30 states including Massachusetts. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MAE DAVIS/DAILY FREE PRESS CONTRIBUTOR

Rare enterovirus spreads to Boston, raises health concerns

Mina Corpuz September 25, 2014

The rare viral infection enterovirus-D68 hit Massachusetts Tuesday, affirming state health officials’ warnings that citizens need to guard themselves against the illness. EV D-68 began to spread across...

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