Obama Calls on Congress to Pass Zika Prevention Bill Before It Adjourns

President Barack Obama said Friday that an effective vaccine for the Zika virus could be developed in “fairly short order” if Congress were to quickly approve the budget needed for the research and the vaccine itself. The president made the remarks after being briefed at the White House by top officials of Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. Obama said that for a vaccine to be widely available,...

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