Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and Dr. Nancy Messonnier, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the...

Last May, Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) introduced HR 5878, the National Tick-Borne Diseases Control and Accountability Act. Today, it was announced that Rep, Smith would reintroduce...

Reps. Chris Smith (R-NJ) and Collin Peterson (D-MN), the co-chairs of the Congressional Lyme Disease Caucus, are pushing bipartisan legislation to create a new national strategy for Lyme disease and strengthen...

As Thursday came to a close, the American public saw that no Zika funding bill, from either side of the aisle, would come to fruition as the Congress would head out for a 7-week vacation. This drew many...

The Administration is committed to taking every step necessary, as quickly as possible, to protect the American people from the Zika virus. That’s why we submitted to Congress a request for emergency...

The Big Cities Health Coalition (BCHC) today called on Congress to pass the President’s $1.8 billion emergency funding request designed to prepare for and respond to the Zika virus. The Coalition membership...