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Ridgewood NJ, Bookends in Ridgewood will be hosting Maya Gabeira , a Big wave surfer & Guinness world record holder for a meet and Greet , photo-Op and book Signing of Maya and the Beast on Tuesday August. 2nd at 5pm . (Each Person attending must purchase a book)
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Paramus NJ, Fogo de Chão, a restaurant from Brazil, is set to open its first location in NJ at the Westfield Garden State Plaza this year. The two-level restaurant will feature an open-air churrasco bar in the middle of the dining room, where guests can watch a gaucho chef prepare traditional Brazilian Churrasco dishes.
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Theoretical Cause and Effect Relationship Between Maternal Zika Virus Infection and Infant Microcephaly is Not Proving Out in Reality
Brazil’s microcephaly epidemic continues to pose a mystery — if Zika is the culprit, why are there no similar epidemics in other countries also hit hard by the virus? In Brazil, the microcephaly rate soared with more than 1,500 confirmed cases. But in Colombia, a recent study of nearly 12,000 pregnant women infected with Zika found zero microcephaly cases. If Zika is to blame for microcephaly, where are the missing cases?
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https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160624150813.htm
16:09, 31 JAN 2016
UPDATED 12:25, 1 FEB 2016
BY ELLE GRIFFITHS
The genetically engineered insects were designed to stop the spread of dengue fever but critics now fear the programme may have had a deadly consequence.
The Zika virus outbreak currently gripping the Americas could have been sparked by the release of genetically modified mosquitoes in 2012, critics say.
The insects were engineered by biotechnology experts to combat the spread of dengue fever and other diseases and released into the general population of Brazil in 2012.
But with the World Health Organisation(WHO) now meeting in Geneva to desperately discuss cures for the Zika virus, speculation has mounted as to the cause of this sudden outbreak.
The Zika virus was first discovered in the 1950s but the recent outbreak has escalated alarmingly, causing birth defects and a range of health problems in South and central America.
The first cases were reported in Brazil last May with up to 1.5 million people now thought to be affected by the virus which is spread by mosquitoes endemic to Latin America.
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/zika-outbreak-caused-release-genetically-7281671
