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Scott PowersMay 19, 2016

Declaring that the Zika virus “threatens the entire family, the entire community, and the entire state of Florida,” U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson blasted Republicans Thursday, saying their anti-Zika plan is “Don’t get bit.” It echoes his most infamous partisan statement in a long history of such, when he declared on the floor of Congress in 2009 […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 16, 2016

Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart is backing a House proposal to spend more than $600 million to battle Zika. House Republicans have proposed spending $622 million to battle the Zika virus. The legislation — introduced by Kentucky Republican Hal Rogers, chairman of the House appropriations committee — includes $230 million for the National Institutes of Health to […]

Jenna Buzzacco-FoersterMay 5, 2016

The Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is ramping up its efforts to make sure mosquito control programs are ready to combat the Zika virus. Over the past two weeks, the department has held workshops in seven counties across the state. During those meetings, the department handed out BG-Sentinel traps to capture the mosquitoes that […]

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Alan Grayson adapts his GOP health care line for Zika mosquitoes: ‘Don’t get bit’

Mario Diaz-Balart: Funding to fight spread of Zika is ‘critical’

Department of Agriculture hosts Zika workshops across Florida