Fight the zika virus in the United States. Zika, carried by mosquitoes, is strongly suspected of causing birth defects and now, possibly another neurological disease. A white house request for emergency funds totaling nearly 2 billion is stalled in congress. Heres dr. Jon lapook. Everything we look at with this virus seems to be a bit scarier than we initially thought. Reporter at a White House Briefing today, doctors Anne Schuchat of the c. D. C. And Anthony Fauci of the n. I. H. Didnt mince words. Im not an alarmist, and most ab you who know me know im not, but the more we learn about the neurological aspects, the more we look around and say, this is very serious. Reporter serious because new research is linking zika to more complications than previously thought. Not just microcephaly, an abnormally small brain at birth, but also miscarriage, prematurity and blindness in newborns, and just yesterday a new neurological complication in adults. One report from brazil found unnormal feta