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Zika: A National Security Threat?

Posted: August 11th, 2016

Calls for more funding to fight the Zika virus have intensified in the last week as concerns over the implications of a potential crisis in the United States mount among health security experts.

With no sign of members of Congress returning from recess to tackle the issue, the Obama administration on Thursday announced it would be moving an additional $81 million to try to help combat the Zika virus. Health and Human Services (HHS) will shift $34 million in funds to the National Institutes of Health and $47 million to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to continue vaccine research, the department said.

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