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How Congress is failing on Zika

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Jaharis Faculty Fellow in Health Law and Intellectual Property, DePaul University

Three times Congress has taken up legislation to fund the continuing response to the Zika outbreak.

Three times the bill, which would allocate US$1.1 billion to fight the disease, has fallen short of attracting bipartisan support.

With the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention close to exhausting available funds for Zika preparedness and...

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