A virus many forgot about just showed up again in the U.S.

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A laboratory image shows Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the species most commonly associated with Zika virus transmission. New Jersey health officials confirmed the state’s first Zika case since 2020 as federal authorities continue monitoring travel-related infections across the United States. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Six years after New Jersey last reported a case of Zika virus, state health officials have confirmed an infection in a Middlesex County resident, marking the state’s first known case since 2020 and highlighting how international travel continues to reintroduce diseases that many Americans may have considered a thing of the past, according to a CDC report,

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