Congress Wrangles Over Funding for Zika Research

Susan Jaffe | Washington Correspondent for The Lancet | 12th February 2016

President Barack Obama asked Congress this week for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to respond to Zika virus and administration officials wasted no time in explaining why at four congressional hearings less than two days later.

While such Capitol Hill visits are part of the budget process, the looming virus adds a new urgency to the proceedings–though not necessarily enough to deter controversy. [Continued here]