Ebola Cases Follow Cuts in Preparedness, Research Funding
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Federal authorities are bracing for more Ebola cases in the U.S. after spending on Ebola research and health-emergency preparedness has been on a steady decline.
Even as the U.S. is committing more than $1 billion toward a global fund to battle the virus in West Africa, the total for federal Ebola research -- including development of vaccines and treatments -- fell to $42.5 million in 2013 after it peaked at more than $59 million in 2006.