Americans Continue To Contract Zika Virus

The White House is asking Congress for more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus, which is creeping into the United States and ravaging some foreign countries.

The announcement made on February 8, 2016, indicated that the Obama Administration is taking “every appropriate measure to protect the American people” and would use the funding to prepare for and respond to the virus in the United States and abroad.

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