NEW YORK (AP) — Women infected with the Zika virus late in their pregnancies had babies with no apparent birth defects, according to a study in Colombia that seems to confirm that the greatest risk to infants comes early in pregnancy.
But the study also found troubling cases of severe birth defects in babies born to women who never realized they had contracted Zika.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans in control of negotiations on long-delayed funding to combat the Zika virus are promising a quick agreement. Behind-the-scenes negotiations have focused on a potential deal in the range of a $1.1 billion measure passed by the Senate last month.
A trickier issue involves whether to pair the Zika funds with cuts to other programs as the House of Representatives calls for to defray the measure's effect on the budget deficit. Democrats, whose votes may be needed to pass the final measure, are against the idea.
