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Dr. Manny Alvarez answers if mosquitoes can be a carrier of coronavirus and transmit the illness to another person In an effort to fight insect-borneviruses like Zika, dengue fever and malaria, genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in the Florida Keys. U.K.-basedbiotechnology company Oxitec has partnered with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District in an effort to control the invasive and disease-spreading female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the region. Oxitec's male mosquitoes -- which don't bite, unlike the recently-discovered yellow fever-carrying Aedes scapularis mos...

First GMO Mosquitoes to Be Released In the Florida Keys 3,650 This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitec says its technology will combat dengue fever, a potentially life-threatening disease, and other mosquito-borne viruses—such as Zika— mainly transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. While there have been more than 7,300 dengue cases reported in the United States between 2010 and 2020, a majority are contracted in Asia and the Caribbean, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Santa Tracking Join WEOW 92/7 and Key’s Seaplanes Christmas Eve as we watch for Rudolph and Santa’s sleigh to fly over the Florida Keys as he makes his way to South America to deliver gifts to all the kids there. Then he makes his way back to The Keys to deliver his gifts here. Santa uses the Keys to check all of his equipment before he makes the long journey over the water to South America. The Keys provide the perfect location for Santa to check his bearings and he does it every year! Every year Santa flies over The Florida Keys Christmas Eve and WEOW radio and Key’s Seaplanes tracks ...

>> key haven has about 1,000 reside residents, i'm told. are any of them there? >> there are. there are quite a few houses that are filled with people. there are at least four that i know of personally that have good friends waiting the storm out. >> you say it's catastrophic. what are you seeing? what are you hearing? >> right now i'm looking over the canal next to the house behind a triple-pane window. boats are being ripped off, palm trees are leaning over sideways. we saw a tree blow down the street. power lines are coming down right now. and it's just very eerieeerie,

Gum brand. welcome back to cnn. we have breaking news. you are looking at the current radar as hurricane irma made land fall over the southern florida keys earlier this morning. it's a categoy 4 storm with 130-mile-an-hour sustained winds. we just heard from our meteorologist allison chinchar that the storm will track up the west coast of florida, which is obviously horrific news for places like naples, st. petersburg and tampa. the areas of biggest concern are the florida keys. joining us on the phone right now is maggie howes, certified first responder in key haven, florida. about a mile t...