Chrissy Rutherford shares her story of being diagnosed and suffering from this virus.

Public health experts claim that the virus has seen a dramatic increase in spite of efforts made to diminish the number of individuals affected.

Plus, a security guard is charged with battery for attacking a trans woman in a store bathroom and the number of pregnant women with Zika in the U.S. triples.

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The White House is pressuring Congress to pass a $1.9 billion bill to provide emergency funding for Zika.

Raising alarm, scientists in Brazil show that a more common mosquito can carry the Zika virus. But it's undetermined if the species can transmit the virus to humans.

DCHHS director Zachary Thompson has advised many to use condoms to avoid any sexually transmitted diseases.