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Obama Urges Development of Tests, Treatments for Zika Virus

U.S. President Barack Obama has called for the rapid development of tests, vaccines and treatments for the Zika virus that has infected people in more than 20 countries in the Americas. The White House said Obama convened a meeting of senior health advisers to discuss the spread of the mosquito-borne virus and the economic and developmental impacts on the region. According to the World Health Organization, Zika virus could be linked to 4,000 suspected cases of microcephaly in...

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