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Trump withdraws proposal to rescind Ebola funds

June 5, 2018 10:24 PM UTC

The Trump administration withdrew its proposal to rescind $252 million in funding that had been appropriated for the 2015 Ebola response.

President Donald Trump requested Congress rescind the funds on May 8, the same day the World Health Organization (WHO) announced an Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (see BioCentury Extra, May 9)...