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Brooke Zale, a scientist, prepares a mosquito sample that will be tested for the Zika virus at the Bronson Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory,Thursday, May 26, 2016, in Kissimmee, Fla. The Florida Department of Health has tracked 122 cases of the Zika virus in the state. Of those cases, 36 involve pregnant women. All of the cases are related to travel. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Zika virus risk higher from trips abroad

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 file photo, Lara, who is less then 3-months old and was born with microcephaly, is examined by a neurologist at the Pedro I hospital in Campina Grande, Paraiba state, Brazil. Scientists suspect an outbreak of the Zika virus is behind a surge in a rare birth defect in Brazil. But how are they going to prove it? Authorities in the South American country were quick to make the link last fall. But experts say the evidence is still circumstantial. Several studies are underway in Zika outbreak countries to see if the mosquito-borne virus is the actual case. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Zika virus: CDC monitoring nearly 300 pregnant women

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

"This short-term funding resolution will keep the lights on in government and maintain current operations for a few days so Congress can complete and pass an agreement," said Rep. Harold Rogers, Kentucky Republican and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee. (Associated Press)

House passes Zika funding bill for one-third of Obama’s request

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 11, 2016, file photo of aedes aegypti mosquitoes are seen in a mosquito cage at a laboratory in Cucuta, Colombia. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

Governors to Congress: Strike a deal on Zika funding now

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California declared Zika is far too imminent a threat to public health to quibble over funding sources, and called out Republicans for saying the money can only come from budget cuts elsewhere. (Associated Press)

Zika funding to be put on deficit by Democrats as GOP says no to new spending

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016 file photo, a health workers stands in the Sambadrome spraying insecticide to combat the Aedes aegypti mosquito that transmits the Zika virus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In the 1940s and 1950s, Brazilian authorities made such a ferocious assault on Aedes aegypti that the mosquito, that it was eradicated from Latin America's largest country by 1958. But eradication experts say there is little chance that Brazil can come anywhere near stamping out the pest like it did a half century ago. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

House Democrat: GOP has more detail on Zika request than we had on Iraq War

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Lara, who is less than 3 months old and was born with microcephaly, is examined by a neurologist at the Pedro I hospital in Campina Grande, Paraiba state, Brazil, on Feb. 12, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Senate Dems to Mitch McConnell: Take up $2B Zika request now

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

This 2006 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host. (James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention via AP) ** FILE **

Google donates $1M to help fight Zika virus spread

Associated Press

Scientists capture Aedes aegypti mosquito larvae in an attempt to contain the Zika virus in Puerto Rico and elsewhere. (Associated Press)

Zika virus threatens Puerto Rico blood supplies

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times