Obama Briefed on the Zika Virus Response

United States President Barack Obama makes remarks to the media after receiving a briefing on the ongoing response to the Zika virus crisis from members of his public health team including US Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell, center left, Director of NIH/NIAID Dr. Anthony Fauci, right, and Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC on July 1, 2016. In his remarks, the President called on Congress to pass the funding bill to fight the virus before adjourning for the summer in two weeks. Pool photo by Ron Sachs/UPI