Congress yet to act as health workers conduct war on virus
Carlos Varas is seen inspectingd the front yards of Miami homes armed with larvicide, pesticide and something that looks like an eyedropper with a long arm. His job is to destroy the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus.
Click here for reuse options!Tom Frieden, head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is working feverishly to convince Congress to approve the $1.9 billion to fight Zika that President Barack Obama asked for in February.
“Imagine this: You’re standing by a lake and you see someone drowning. You have the ability to save that person, but your hands are tied,” Frieden wrote recently on the White House blog.
“The ability to prevent dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of severe birth defects creates a special responsibility — every child protected is a tragedy prevented.”
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amersham46 June 11th, 2016 at 21:08
Too many in Congress are busy answering what they think is a higher calling
Athenampope4 June 12th, 2016 at 01:58
allison1050 June 12th, 2016 at 05:16
Talk to the foreigner Cruz about the hold up.