Here are four things to know:
1. Previously, senior health and budget officials dismissed proposals to use Ebola funding to fight Zika.
2. John Earnest, White House press secretary, urged Congress to pass the Obama administration’s full funding request, especially given the mounting evidence about Zika’s defects and how rapidly it is spreading.
3. Nearly 60 pregnant women in the United States may have been exposed to Zika.
4. The virus does not have any vaccine or treatment.
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