Forty U.S. states and territories will receive a total of more than $16 million for rapidly detecting the serious birth defect caused by the Zika virus.
The funds are intended to tide over states and territories until Congress provides emergency funding to fight Zika, which has now been found in more than 1,600 Americans and is spreading locally in Florida.
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