Question

The U.S. response to the Zika virus threat in 2015-16 typified how politics affects enacting an appropriate public health response. In response to President Obama’s February 2016 request to fund measures to combat the Zika virus threat:_______

Answer 1

Congress recessed for its Spring 2016 vacation without appropriating funds for mosquito control efforts in high-risk geographic areas, attaching unrelated parameters such as de-funding Planned Parenthood federal funding.

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