The US Congress has passed a spending bill to keep the federal government in operation from October 1, the beginning of the new fiscal year, to December 11, after November’s congressional elections. Budgets for the NIH, NSF, DOE, FDA and EPA were maintained at fiscal 2014 levels. However, the CDC received an additional $30 million to respond to the Ebola situation in West Africa. Also approved was $58 million for the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority to develop Mapp Pharmaceutical’s antibody cocktail and vaccines from the NIH and NewLink Genetics.

Source: Nature