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With limited time left before the 2016 elections, the Obama administration may be hamstrung in what it can do to advance Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer moonshot. But Biden has made clear he also sees hope in philanthropic investments, like a major venture announced Tuesday at Johns Hopkins University. (Scott, 3/29)

Poison comes in many forms for addicts: Alcohol and drugs usually come first to mind, but gambling -- often overlooked -- is of increasing concern to state officials and rehab centers. The number of problem gamblers has grown in recent years with an explosion of betting opportunities available at the touch of a smartphone screen. That is particularly true during this month’s annual “March Madness” college basketball tournament. (Ibarra, 3/30)

Spring is coming. That means baseball, cherry blossoms and mosquitoes. Those mosquitoes are why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called for a Zika virus summit at the White House on Friday. (Gorenstein, 3/29)

Many Americans are unaware of the basic facts about the Zika virus, which is spreading rapidly through the Americas and could reach the continental U.S. this summer. While 87% of people know that Zika is spread by mosquitoes, nearly one in three people mistakenly believe that it also can be spread by coughing or sneezing, like a cold, according to a survey of 1,275 adults from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the National Public Health Information Coalition, a group that serves public relations officers. (Szabo, 3/29)