HHS Shifts $81 Million To Fund Zika Research, Fauci Fears Biomedical Research Fall-Out

HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell wrote to lawmakers Thursday (Aug. 11) that due to congressional inaction the agency will transfer $34 million from other NIH divisions to support Zika vaccine development, while warning the move will raid NIH efforts to cure cancer, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and Alzheimer's disease. HHS also will transfer $47 million from other HHS agencies, including CMS, to BARDA to support contracting with the private sector to develop Zika vaccines. Anthony Fauci, head of NIH's National Institute...