Tag: woman-stabbed
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Denver’s fire chief stabbed multiple times at stoplight
Denver’s fire chief was stabbed multiple times on Tuesday by a woman who jumped into his unmarked vehicle while he was stopped at a red light, said authorities, who added he was expected to make a full recovery. Chief Eric Tade, 43, was listed in fair condition at Denver Health Medical Center, fire department spokeswoman…
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Transgenic mosquito ready to join Brazil’s war on Zika virus
A genetically modified mosquito has helped reduce the proliferation of mosquitoes spreading Zika and other dangerous viruses in Brazil, its developers said on Tuesday. The self-limiting strain of the Aedes aegypti mosquito was developed by Oxitec, the UK-subsidiary of U.S. synthetic biology company Intrexon. Oxitec, which produces the mosquitoes in Campinas, announced it will build…