As Zika Fears Escalate, Lawmakers Point Fingers From Afar

As the Zika virus escalates into a public health crisis, members of Congress are entrenched in familiar partisan positions.   Republicans and Democrats are pointing fingers over the failure to act as the number of mosquito-transmitted cases in the U.S. grows.   Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell warned lawmakers on Wednesday that her budget for fighting Zika is running out quickly. Without more money fast, she said, the ``nation's ability to effectively...

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