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| 11/6/2017

› Zika researchers congregate at UF
From across the world, leaders in Zika research came to the University of Florida for a two-day meeting about the virus. The ZIKAction Consortium Meeting, funded by the European Commission, was held at the Emerging Pathogens Institute on Thursday and Friday.

› Miami's TPS Recipients Anxiously Await Decision by DHS
TPS recipients and community leaders will convene at FANM’s (Haitian Women of Miami) office in Little Haiti to share their personal stories as a decision by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the future of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is expected to be announced in the coming days.

› Trump will arrive as charities flee Mar-a-Lago
It's November, which means President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago is reopening after being closed during the brutal heat and humidity of Florida's summer. If last season is a guide, the president will soon visit his Winter White House, staying several days at Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's and then return many more weekends until May.

› On front lines of opioid crisis, Tampa Bay cops add Narcan to toolkit
In Tampa Bay, major law enforcement agencies have taken their own steps to equip their officers with Narcan through grants or from their own coffers.

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