WASHINGTON - A recently-released report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the number of people getting diseases transmitted by mosquito, tick and flea bites has more than tripled in the United States between 2004 and … [Read more...]
Schumer, Gillibrand Call for More Federal Funding to Fight Zika Virus
NEW YORK - U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) joined health officials Sunday to ask for increased funding to prevent and treat the Zika virus. Schumer said that the U.S. House of Representatives’ approved sum of $600 … [Read more...]
New York State Expands Zika Virus Testing to Include All Pregnant Women Who’ve Traveled to Infected Areas
ALBANY - Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Thursday directed the New York State Department of Health to expand the free Zika virus testing program for all pregnant women who have traveled to areas where the infection is ongoing, regardless of whether they … [Read more...]
Schumers Call on Feds to do More to Fight Zika Virus
WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Sunday pushed for a three-point federal plan aimed at containing the Zika virus outbreak that has already affected thirty people in the United States, including at least five in New York. First, Schumer is … [Read more...]
