NY Times: Obama to Ask Congress for $1.8 Billion to Combat Zika Virus

President Obama will request more than $1.8 billion in emergency funding from Congress to fight the Zika virus, which has spread to 26 countries and territories in the Western Hemisphere, though not to the United States.

The money would go toward expanding programs that control mosquitoes, which transmit the virus, as well as research into vaccines and new public education programs, particularly for pregnant women, the president said in an interview Monday on "CBS This Morning."

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