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GIO BENITEZ (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Rebecca. We turn now to another major headline, the increasing concerns over mosquito-borne illnesses. With a Missouri teenager in the hospital on a ventilator after complications from the West Nile virus. And now were cases of the rare Triple E virus, they're being reported. Erielle Reshef has been following it all. Good morning, Erielle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MARY BRUCE (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) 71 days to go. Okay, Em, thank you. Towns and cities across the country are now on alert for mosquito-borne illnesses, including the rare eastern equine encephalitis virus. Plymouth, Massachusetts is closing parks and fields at dusk. Other towns are urging people to avoid going outdoors at night during those hours of peak mosquito activity. More now from ABC's Ike Ejiochi. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LINSEY DAVIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Good evening. Thanks so much for joining us. I'm Linsey Davis. Mosquitos are much more than just a summer annoyance, they can also be a real health hazard. And with warmer weather stretching into the fall, the stinging season is now extended and concern is spreading over a rare but devastating virus you can get from one little bug bite. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) That is coming up but first to the latest on the impeachment battle and the Whistleblower complaint alleging Presidential crimes and a White House cover-up. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CECILIA VEGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, George. Now to these new fears this morning about the spread of that rare victim mosquito borne virus responsible for at least seven deaths from Michigan to Massachusetts. Eva Pilgrim is there in East Lyme, Connecticut, one of the places where this disease has turned deadly. Good morning, Eva. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, time for "The Download." Today, lots to love about summer, obviously. But it does bring out the creepy crawlies. I recently spoke with our chief health correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton about how to beat the bugs. Let's start with the prototypical summer annoyance, mosquitoes. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We will be checking in with her later. Want to get to some news as well including that big headline in the Russia investigation. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Alright, thank you, George. We switch to an important headline as we head into the summer. The number of people getting diseases from ticks and mosquitoes is on the rise and ABC's Eva Pilgrim is back with more. Hey, Eva. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Huge. All right, but glad that you have it. All right there, Ginger, thank you. Now to growing concern over the Zika virus. The FDA is asking multiple Florida blood centers to stop collecting blood as they investigate new cases of the mosquito-borne virus that may not be travel related. ABC's Gio Benitez is here, has the latest on all that for us. Good morning, Gio. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TOM LLAMAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, a warning tonight about the Zika virus coming to America, and it could be soon as the mosquito season is upon us. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And speaking of Zika, this crisis is really hitting home for a young American woman who learned first that she's pregnant and then weeks later she learned that she has the Zika virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MICHAEL STRAHAN (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Thank you, Lara. It's great to have with us ABC News chief health and medical editor Dr. Richard Besser. And, Doc, I'm going to get straight to it. I'm gonna ask you a question that I've wondered. Should I freak out if I get bit by a mosquito? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

LARA SPENCER (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Back now with a big headline about Zika from the CDC. Health officials warning it's very likely the virus will spread from mosquitoes to humans here in the US, sparking new concerns as Connecticut sees its first confirmed case of a pregnant woman with Zika. ABC's Gio Benitez has the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

ROBIN ROBERTS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, Ginger, thank you. Now to the big health alert about the Zika virus. The House now taking a big step passing a bill to speed up Zika drug research, as health officials say Americans in at least 30 states could potentially be at risk. Joining us now from Bethesda, Maryland, is Dr. Anthony Fauci, he is the Director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health. Doctor, thank you very much for your time this morning. I know that you spoke recently at that White House briefing where the CDC announced that the Zika virus could be scarier than first thought. What does that exactly mean, sir? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

TOM LLAMAS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, good to know. Indra, thank you so much. We now turn to the new developments in the Zika outbreak. Nearly 200 confirmed cases across 31 states. That number expected to rise. But scientists are fighting back. Eva Pilgrim with the radical new approach to Zika. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) All right, George. We have a big headline on Zika. There are concerns now about that virus growing right here in. The US the governor of Florida now expanding that state of emergency to five counties, and there are now more than 50 cases of the virus across 13 states and Washington, DC. ABC's Linzie Janis has the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay, thanks, Robin. We're gonna turn now to a major development in the global health emergency caused by the Zika virus. The first reported case of the virus spreading from person to person by sexual transmission instead of mosquito and it happened right here in the US. Dr. Richard Besser has all the latest from the epicenter of the outbreak in Brazil. Good morning, Rich. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CECILIA VEGA (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Next, inside the desperate battle against the Zika Virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAVID MUIR (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Matt Gutman, tonight. Matt, thanks. Around the world tonight and to new concerns over the spread of the Zika virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

PAULA FARIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Because we're going to be talking about New Hampshire and those caucuses right after that. All right, thank you. We want to turn now to new concerns about the explosive Zika virus. 36 cases have now been discovered here in 12 states. President Obama has discussed the spread of the disease but the president of Brazil who is vowing to win the war on the mosquitos that carry this disease. And ABC's Dr. Richard Besser is right there at ground zero from the epidemic in Recife, Brazil. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

AMY ROBACH (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) We are back now with the latest on the mosquito-borne zika virus. The number of cases here in the US growing. So far, 20 cases in nine states and another 19 in Puerto Rico. And now a number of airlines including American and JetBlue are offered worried travelers waivers and refunds for trips they booked to the affected areas. ABC's Linsey Davis has all the latest. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) Okay. We have to make a segue now to a health alert, though, and it's a health alert for millions of pregnant women focused on the dangerous Zika virus. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

DAN HARRIS (ABC NEWS) (Off-camera) And back here at home, a new health alert, a virus for which there is no cure and no treatment, has now arrived on our shores. This bug is carried by mosquitoes, and ABC's Susan Saulny tells us the signs and symptoms we should be on the lookout for. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]