The Obama administration is moving close to $450 million from the fight against Ebola to another growing threat: the Zika virus.
Funds will be devoted to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who have been taskedwith treating those infected with the virus and combating the mosquitos who spread it.
Researchers say the Zika Virus causes birth defects that effect the size of a baby's brain and head.
There is great urgency surrounding this move as summer approaches in states across the U.S., signaling the rise of mosquitos nationwide.
PresidentObama originally asked for $1.9 billion from Congress to help fight Zika, but the request has stalled.