US funding cuts have hampered response to the deadly Ebola crisis, aid workers say

– but the State Department has withheld roughly $700 million from the CDC for the PEPFAR program this year, according to health policy analyst sources. Some malaria funding has also been withheld, sources said.

“They have been relentless in the last year – the political leadership and State Department – about stripping money away from CDC, saying that continue reading …