The Obama administration has asked Congress for an additional $6.18 billion in emergency funding to fight Ebola , including money to accelerate development and approval of Ebola diagnostics and to buy more personal protective equipment for nurses and other caretakers, agency heads told the Senate Appropriations Committee Nov. 12.
The committee met to consider the emergency appropriations request, and grilled officials of the Department of Defense, HHS, and U.S. State Department on how they would use the funds.