Tag: Zika virus
New Year’s poll: Americans hopeful for a better 2017
Emotionally wrenching politics, foreign conflicts and shootings at home took a toll on Americans in 2016, but they are entering 2017 on an optimistic...
Birmingham agency wins extension for Zika virus research
The Birmingham-based Southern Research is expanding its work on the Zika virus.
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the non-profit organization a contract extension...
Congress works to finish Zika aid, prevent shutdown
Driven by a desire to free up endangered lawmakers to campaign, congressional negotiators are working to quickly complete a spending bill to prevent an...
ADPH confirms 25 cases of Zika virus in 16 Alabama counties
The Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) reports there have been a total of 25 confirmed, travel-related Zika virus cases across the Yellowhammer State as...
Robert Bentley approves emergency funding for Zika response
Gov. Robert Bentley has approved $250,000 in emergency funds to go toward fighting the Zika virus and mosquito control efforts in Alabama.
Bentley authorized the funding Friday after...
Martha Roby: Democrats’ dangerous game with Zika funding
In June I relayed the good news that the House had passed appropriations legislation providing funding for our nation’s response to the Zika virus....
Bradley Byrne to Barack Obama: use unspent Zika funds
As the Zika virus continues to spread across the country, the Obama Administration is sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars intended to fight the...
Guns, immigration and Zika top agenda as Congress returns
Gun control, immigration and money to combat the Zika virus top the congressional agenda as lawmakers sprint toward the political conventions this month and...
Martha Roby: The Zika threat and our response
.By now you’ve probably heard of the Zika Virus and the harm it has caused in Brazil and other South and Central American countries....
State health agency confirms first Zika case in Alabama
Alabama health officials say they’ve confirmed the first travel-related case of the Zika virus in the state.
The Alabama Department of Public Health issued a...
