The National Institutes of Health has nothing left to give in its battle against the Zika virus.
A top research official told reporters Wednesday that future trials planned this summer for a Zika virus vaccine can’t go forward without new funding from Congress. However, Congress ignored the $1.9 billion requested by President Obama, and the $1.1 billion that passed the House failed in the Senate, leaving the NIH with no funding.
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