Zika is finally catching up with swine flu and Ebola as a threat in the minds of Americans.
A recent Kaiser Health Tracking poll revealed that 92 percent of American adults know generally what Zika is, 36 percent say Congress should make fully funding the fight to contain Zika a top priority, and another 40 percent think it's an important issue but not a top Congressional priority.
That's in stark contrast to a poll done a month ago by The Washington Post and ABC News, which found little concern among American adults about Zika. Only about of third of those surveyed then were concerned about Zika, a far smaller percentage that those who said they were worried about Ebola and swine flu at their peak.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
