US health officials press Congress for Zika funds
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US health officials press Congress for Zika funds.
Tom Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has called on Congress to move quickly to appropriate funds to support the government’s response to the Zika virus disease epidemic. Frieden, who had returned from touring the US territory of Puerto Rico, where an outbreak of Zika infections was ongoing, told reporters that funding was “crucially important and urgently ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1756-1833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i1545