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MI HR0244
Resolution
Status
Introduced
3/10/2016
Primary Sponsor
Latanya Garrett
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AI Summary
- Urges the United States Congress to authorize increased funding for research into the Zika virus
- Identifies Zika as a rapidly spreading global public health crisis transmitted primarily by Aedes Aegypti and Aedes Albopictus mosquitoes and linked to birth defects and other serious health outcomes
- Notes that human cases of Zika have been reported in a growing number of U.S. states, with all cases being travel-related from affected areas in South America, the Caribbean, and Central America
- Emphasizes that no vaccine currently exists to treat Zika and that the virus can spread through multiple transmission methods including mosquitoes, unprotected sex, blood transfusions, and rarely from mother to child at birth
- Directs copies of the resolution to be transmitted to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
A resolution to urge the United States Congress to authorize more aggressive funding for research into the Zika virus.
United States Congress
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Health Policy
3/10/2016
Committee Referrals
Health Policy3/10/2016
Full Bill Text
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