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Congress to Revisit Zika Funding Measure

Congressional negotiators will try again to approve a $1.1 billion plan to battle the Zika virus, but the measure has been stalled for months over partisan disputes about side issues relating to Planned Parenthood and healthcare reform.

by Sarah Schroeder

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes can transmit the Zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects, to humans. Officials say there have been no cases of mosquito-to-human transmission in Texas.
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Congressional negotiators say they will try again to approve a $1.1 billion plan to battle the Zika virus, but the measure has been stalled for months over partisan disputes about side issues relating to Planned Parenthood and healthcare reform. (Reuters)

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