niman Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Hearing on Emerging Health Threats and the Zika Supplemental Funding Requesthttp://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-hearing-on-emerging-health-threats-and-the-zika-supplemental-funding-requestDate: Thursday, February 11, 2016Add to my CalendarTime: 10:00 AMLocation: Dirksen Senate Office Building 138 Edited February 11, 2016 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 AgendaHearing to review emerging health threats and the Zika supplemental requestWitnessesThomas R. Frieden, M.D.DirectorCenters for Disease Control and Prevention Anthony Fauci, M.D.DirectorNational Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Live Stream http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-hearing-on-emerging-health-threats-and-the-zika-supplemental-funding-request Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) SD 138http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/hearings/labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-hearing-on-emerging-health-threats-and-the-zika-supplemental-funding-request Edited February 11, 2016 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Thomas R. Frieden, M.D.Chikungunya spread rapidly in Puerto Rico in 2014. Edited February 11, 2016 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Microcephaly explosion unprecedented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 40 Million Americans travel to Zika infected countries every year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 US territories (Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa) expect spread as well as areas in US such as Texas and Florida,which may lead to microcephaly cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 US detection test developed in a few weeks because of US funding support.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 MMWR and NEJM papers yesterday show strong linkage between Zika and microcephaly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) Anthony Fauci, M.D.Rubella vaccine example of success to control virus that affects unborn children. Edited February 11, 2016 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Phase I Zika vaccine slated for late summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted February 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 (edited) $500,000,000 of appropriation targets Puerto Rico.Due to risk and microcephaly as well as vector control. Edited February 11, 2016 by niman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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