Tag: Zika Virus

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of NIH/NIAID, right, with Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the CDC, say the Zika virus is a much bigger problem than they first imagined. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Feds say Zika virus ‘scarier than we initially thought’

Nicole Duran · April 11, 2016 6:17 pm

"The best way to confront something is before it becomes a crisis, you prevent it." (AP File Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rubio on Zika: ‘There is no crisis’

Joel Gehrke · April 8, 2016 10:45 pm

WH: Zika Virus More Widespread in U.S. Than Previously Thought

WH: Zika Virus More Widespread in U.S. Than Previously Thought

Daniel Halper · April 6, 2016 8:47 pm

The White House has urged Congress to approve more than $1.3 billion more to reach the $1.8 billion President Obama had requested earlier this year to fight Zika. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, File)

White House blames Zika funding fight on GOP ‘animosity’

Susan Crabtree · April 6, 2016 6:14 pm

President Obama in February requested $1.8 billion in emergency funding for fighting Zika, but Congress has largely balked at that request. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama uses Ebola funds to fight Zika

Robert King · April 6, 2016 3:29 pm

"We will do whatever we can at the federal government, but state and local governments also need to do more," CDC Director Tom Frieden said during a media briefing. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Local governments will fight Zika with little funding

Robert King · April 2, 2016 4:01 am

In February, President Obama requested $1.8 billion in emergency funding on Zika. A majority of the funds would go to states and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico to kill mosquitoes. (AP Photo)

White House: Congress putting Americans in harm’s way on Zika

Robert King · April 1, 2016 5:51 pm

The Food and Drug Administration approved an investigational test that screens blood donations for the Zika virus. (AP Photo)

FDA approves Zika blood test

Robert King · March 30, 2016 4:18 pm

Lawmakers want to know about diagnostic testing, vaccines and treatments for the virus. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

GOP wants more answers on Zika

Robert King · March 29, 2016 9:08 pm

So far there are 273 Zika cases in 35 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. Almost all are from people who travelled to a country where the virus is spreading through mosquito bites, the rest are from sexual transmission. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Men with Zika: No sex for six months, CDC says

Robert King · March 25, 2016 6:40 pm

In a letter to fellow House Democrats on Thursday, Pelosi said Republicans should have kept the House in session in order to consider emergency funding measures to help eradicate the Zika virus and remedy the lead water crisis in Flint, Mich. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Pelosi criticizes GOP for not boosting spending for Zika and Flint

Susan Ferrechio · March 25, 2016 4:42 pm

The "Sesame Street" muppet is teaching kids how to beat back mosquitoes. (Screengrab/Sesame Street)

Elmo enlisted to combat Zika

Robert King · March 24, 2016 10:32 pm