Budget cuts not to blame for lack of Ebola vaccine, Fauci says

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Budget cuts not to blame for lack Ebola vaccine, Fauci says

By Julian Hattem - 10/19/14 11:56 AM EDT

Budget cuts aren?t the reason the U.S. has not developed a vaccine for Ebola, according to a top official at the National Institutes of Health.

While the NIH has ?had constraints? because of federal funding, researchers would not necessarily have developed a vaccine with more money, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases head Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

?You can?t say that,? he said on NBC?s ?Meet the Press.?...