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(BPT) - A warmer planet means more mosquitoes. These insects are more than an itchy nuisance. A bite from an infected mosquito can lead to diseases. If planning a trip this holiday season to where the mosquitoes are, here are five ways you can protect yourself before you travel:

The Edinburgh Zoo has launched a playful "Cuteness Contest" between its newborn pygmy hippo, Haggis, and Moo Deng, the viral mini hippo from Thailand. BANGKOK — In case you can't get enough of the little pygmy hippo Moo Deng from Thailand, there's now an official song featuring the internet's favorite baby animal — released in four languages for her global fans. Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng walks Sept. 19 at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand. Baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng and her mother Jona are seen Sept. 19 at the Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chonburi province, Thailand.

Donald Trump made a victor's return to Washington Wednesday morning for the first time since winning the presidential election last week. Speaking to House Republicans at a conference, Trump declared, 'It's nice to win.' U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., departs Feb. 23 after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. Tulsi Gabbard arrives Nov. 4 before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump greets Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., during a campaign rally at J.S. Dorton Arena, Nov. 4, 2024, in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Heather Schimmers, Gundersen regional president for Emplify Health, at the site of their newest renewable energy investment: a microgrid. This project will make Gundersen's Onalaska campus one of first fully renewable healthcare campuses in the United States.

Video from police dashboard camera video shows police taking St. Louis rapper Nelly to a squad car on Aug. 7, 2024, outside the Hollywood Casino & Hotel St. Louis in Maryland Heights. A screen grab from police dashboard camera video shows police taking St. Louis rapper Nelly to a squad car on Aug. 7, 2024, outside the Hollywood Casino & Hotel St. Louis in Maryland Heights. Nelly

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Donald Trump returned to the White House for a sit down with President Biden on Wednesday as he made more of his cabinet picks known.

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