Houston-based Legacy Community Health Services, a federally qualified health center, is trying hard to fight the Zika virus. It's screening pregnant women and following federal guidelines to test people at risk.
But despite best efforts, there's a problem, says Legacy's chief medical officer, Dr. Ann Barnes. Women who could be infected usually have to wait as long as a month to know if their pregnancy is at risk. That's the turnaround time from the state public health lab, where blood samples are sent for testing.
