Zika virus

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Maryland officials say they've begun their efforts to combat mosquitoes for the summer.Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder said…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Virginia health officials are encouraging residents to help combat the spread of the Zika virus as mosquito season begins.The…

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware health officials are announcing the state's first influenza-related death of the season.Officials from the Delaware Division…

Maryland facilities are on the hunt for the Zika virus.The state only accounts for 3 percent of the cases nationally.But there are five agencies that are…

BETHESDA, Md. (AP) - Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin is holding a news conference at the National Institutes of Health to discuss the need for federal funding to…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Officials say Virginia's Medicaid program has begun covering the cost of mosquito repellent to prevent people from being infected by…

Delaware will be using some $813-thousand in grant money from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to combat the Zika virus.The funds will allow…

DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware officials say Medicaid recipients can now get benefit coverage for over-the-counter mosquito repellents.Officials say the move…

NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Virginia health officials say they will extend testing for the Zika virus in mosquitoes to the Hampton Roads region.WTKR-TV reports…

There are two more cases of the Zika virus in Delaware.State health officials say these would be the sixth and seventh in the state.The Wilmington News…