Lawmakers seek to boost Ebola funding
This article was originally published in Scrip
Executive Summary
Representatives Anna Eshoo (Democrat-California) and Mike Rogers (Republican-Michigan) last week called for House appropriators to boost the funding for the Biomedical Advance Research and Development Authority (BARADA) and related biodefense programs aimed at developing drugs and vaccines against the Ebola virus, which has infected more than 13,000 people, killing about 5,000, during the current outbreak raging in West Africa.