HHS Lays Out How $1.1 Billion in Zika Funds Will Be Spent

October 24, 2016 at 4:38 PM
HHS officials recently laid out plans for how the department intends to distribute the $1.1 billion authorized by Congress in September to fight Zika. The lion's share of the funds will go to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund, HHS said Oct. 18. “The Zika Response and Preparedness Act provided $933 million in supplemental funding to the Department of Health and Human Services for Zika preparedness and response activity,” said...


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