Attracted by our body heat, carbon dioxide and even certain scents, mosquitoes bite by injecting saliva, which causes the infamous red bump and relentless itch.
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Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
15 Oct. 2025
The closure has halted routine government operations, shuttered Smithsonian museums and other landmark cultural institutions and left airports scrambling with flight disruptions, all injecting more uncertainty into an already precarious economy.
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