- The failure of Congress to approve any money to help fight Zika is "simply inexcusable" and a "dereliction of duty," senators said during a hearing on Wednesday, just two days before a long break that could mean no money before autumn.
- Statistics: Almost 600 cases have been reported among pregnant women in the U.S., with seven infants being born with microcephaly, the disturbing birth defect that's become the hallmark of the Zika virus infection.
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