sharon sanders
Editor-in-Chief & President
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[h=2]Press Release[/h] [h=4]For Immediate Release: July 14, 2016[/h] [h=1]TFAH Statement on Congress Failing to Provide Funding for the Zika Response[/h] Washington, D.C., July 14, 2016 ?Trust for America?s Health (TFAH) is extremely disappointed that Congress was unable to reach agreement on a Zika response funding package. The following is a statement from Richard Hamburg, interim president and CEO of TFAH.
?By the time Congress returns in a couple of months, the damage to our nation from Zika will likely be irreversible. This failure to act severely hampers the full response that is greatly needed.
The crisis has already reached our shores?this week a baby was born in Texas with Zika-related microcephaly. In addition, public health officials are tracking 320 pregnant women in the continental United States with Zika infections?and there could be hundreds more who have not shown symptoms or have not been identified. In Puerto Rico alone, 2,800 people have already been confirmed to be infected, with expectations that 20 percent of the population could eventually be infected.
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http://healthyamericans.org/newsroom/releases/?releaseid=344
[h=2]Press Release[/h] [h=4]For Immediate Release: July 14, 2016[/h] [h=1]TFAH Statement on Congress Failing to Provide Funding for the Zika Response[/h] Washington, D.C., July 14, 2016 ?Trust for America?s Health (TFAH) is extremely disappointed that Congress was unable to reach agreement on a Zika response funding package. The following is a statement from Richard Hamburg, interim president and CEO of TFAH.
?By the time Congress returns in a couple of months, the damage to our nation from Zika will likely be irreversible. This failure to act severely hampers the full response that is greatly needed.
The crisis has already reached our shores?this week a baby was born in Texas with Zika-related microcephaly. In addition, public health officials are tracking 320 pregnant women in the continental United States with Zika infections?and there could be hundreds more who have not shown symptoms or have not been identified. In Puerto Rico alone, 2,800 people have already been confirmed to be infected, with expectations that 20 percent of the population could eventually be infected.
more...
http://healthyamericans.org/newsroom/releases/?releaseid=344