After meeting with health officials on 1 July, US President Barack Obama has called on Congress to back a bill to fund the US response to the Zika virus disease outbreak before it breaks for its seven week summer recess. “We have to get the money from Congress over the next two weeks to make sure that we can begin to develop the effective vaccines, the mosquito abatement tools, the state emerge...

The word 'change' was inextricably linked to the campaign of Barack Obama, and the burden of change (for the better) has been placed squarely on this man's shoulders with a decisive victory in the recent US presidential election. Undeniably, the most pressing issue is the recent collapse of the economy, and Obama has laid out a plan incorporating both short-term economic stimuli, such as tax cu...

At a speech given on 2 December at the US National Institutes of Health, President Barack Obama called on Congress to pass his $6.2bn (£4bn; €5bn) funding request for emergency Ebola programs before its recess for the holiday period. “For the most part, people have recognized this is not a Democratic issue or a Republican issue—it’s about the safety and security of the American people. So let’s...