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NBC MiamiSouth Florida Mayors Join Congressional Delegation in Push For Zika FundingOne week after a visit from Governor Rick Scott in an effort to secure funds to fight Zika, members of South Florida’s Congressional delegation met with two local mayors who have been dealing first hand with the fight against the virus.Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Miami Beach Mayor Philip… Read more »

Miami HeraldBreakthrough seen in Washington in Zika funding@jamesmartinroseSenate negotiators revealed a breakthrough in Zika funding Thursday under renewed pressure from Florida lawmakers and mayors to break a seven-month political impasse over the aid.Just a few hours after Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Gimenez and Miami Beach Mayor Philip Levine met with South Florida members of Congress and… Read more »

7 questions to ask the doctor if you’ve learned you have breast cancerBY SUSANNAH NESMITHSpecial to the Miami HeraldThe National Cancer Institute estimates that 246,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, along with about 2,300 men. And while nearly 7 percent of all cancer deaths are attributed to breast cancer, hundreds of thousands of men and women have been… Read more »

Pacific Standard MagazineYou Gotta Have Friends: The Female Buddy System of PoliticsAs women ascend higher in politics, one key network often gets overlooked: the power of their group of friends.By Andrea King CollierDonna Brazile, the recently appointed acting chair of the Democratic National Committee promised to give a peek into a little-seen phenomenon of women in… Read more »

South Florida Gay NewsLGBT Veterans Celebrate Repeal of DADTWashington, D.C. defense think tanks estimate more than 14,000 American service members had their careers cut short by “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”The policy, which cost taxpayers more than a half billion dollars since first enacted in 1993, made it a punishable offense and grounds for dishonorable discharge… Read more »

Sun SentinelRepublicans obstructing support for Zika fundingDebbie Wasserman SchultzFloridians and all of us deserve better from Congress on Zika fundingFor months, Floridians have watched in shock and horror as the Zika virus has taken a deep toll on our state. Like many disasters we've faced, the Zika virus has swiftly forced its way into a corner of our lives. But sadly, instead of… Read more »

McClatchy DC / Miami HeraldHow the 40-year battle over abortion blocked Zika fundingBY JAMES ROSENjrosen@mcclatchydc.comSenior policy analysts with Planned Parenthood were perplexed in June when they first saw a provision excluding their partner clinics in Puerto Rico slipped into a draft bill providing $1.1 billion in emergency Zika prevention funds.Puerto Rico, after all, is the… Read more »

Sports IllustratedWith odds stacked against her, Mallory Weggemann never lost competitive driveGabriel BaumgaertnerFriday September 16th, 2016When Mallory Weggemann wheels out to the pool deck, her face remains friendly but mostly expressionless, her ears covered by pink headphones and her eyes staring forward toward her aqueous home. As she prepares to dive in, she forgets about how she… Read more »

Sun SentinelVeterans one step closer to safer crossing to clinicBrittany WallmanSun SentinelCounty offers door-to-door rides to V.A. clinic to avoid Commercial crossingBroward commissioners threw their support Thursday behind a safer crossing for military veterans headed to a clinic in Sunrise. But it likely won't be the crosswalk and pedestrian signal many have asked for.Instead,… Read more »

Sun SentinelCrosswalk plea from veteran's widow gains steamWidow presses for crosswalk at site of husband's deathBrittany WallmanSun SentinelIt's just one six-lane roadway, just one crusade to help veterans cross the street to the clinic, and it has support from City Halls to the halls of Congress.It's a cause that gained the voice of a widow after a 70-year-old Army… Read more »