U.S. Seeks $1.4 Billion for Ebola Emergency After Cutting Prevention Programs

The White House asked Congress for $1.4 billion to fight spreading Ebola in Africa. The paradox: months earlier, budget cuts shut down the U.S. programs that catch disease outbreaks early—before they explode into epidemics. Now the government funds emergency response to the very crisis that early-detection systems were meant to stop.