- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: August 17, 2016
![The news media gather for a press conference with Rep. Jim Costa, UC mosquito researcher Anthony Cornel, and other officials.](https://ucanr.edu/blogs/anrnews/blogfiles/38267small.jpg)
The news media gather for a press conference with Rep. Jim Costa, UC mosquito researcher Anthony Cornel, and other officials.
Congressman Jim Costa, who joined crews releasing 20,000 male mosquitoes in Clovis yesterday, said he's ready to return to Washington D.C. immediately if called back to vote on $1.9 billion in emergency supplemental funding to fight Zika in the United States. His district includes part of the San Joaquin Valley where Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes - insects that can spread Zika - have become established.
“San Joaquin Valley communities and researchers need Congress to pass legislation that would fund Zika response efforts and research so that they can continue educating the public and implementing new strategies, like the one we saw today, to control the Aedes...
Tags: Aedes aegypti (1), Zika (2)
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