{"id":45074,"date":"2016-04-05T08:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/today-top-health-experts-gather-to-call-on-congress-to-pass-zika-funding\/"},"modified":"2016-04-05T08:58:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-05T12:58:15","slug":"se-reunen-hoy-los-principales-expertos-sanitarios-para-apelar-al-congreso-para-que-apruebe-fondos-para-el-zika","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/se-reunen-hoy-los-principales-expertos-sanitarios-para-apelar-al-congreso-para-que-apruebe-fondos-para-el-zika\/","title":{"rendered":"Today Top Health Experts Gather To Call On Congress To Pass Zika Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><b><u>MEDIA REMINDER: PRESS CONFERENCE FOR <span class=\"xn-chron\">TUESDAY, APRIL 5<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WHAT:<\/b> Leaders from top medical, governmental, and patient advocacy organizations will gather to call on Congress to provide emergency funding to combat the spread of Zika virus in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and prevent more pregnant women from being infected. They will release a letter to Congress calling for immediate passage of Zika funds co-signed by dozens of organizations and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150409\/197662LOGO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/photos.prnewswire.com\/prnh\/20150409\/197662LOGO<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>An embargoed copy of the sign-on letter will be available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marchofdimes.org\/zikafundingletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a> after noon on Monday, April 4.\u00a0 The embargo will lift when the press conference begins on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday, April 5<\/span> at <span class=\"xn-chron\">4:00 pm Eastern time<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><b>WHEN: <span class=\"xn-chron\">Tuesday, April 5<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">4:00 pm Eastern time<\/span> <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WHERE:\u00a0<\/b>Call toll-free 1 (866) 297-6395; confirmation number 42245749.<br \/>Please dial the phone number 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. <\/p>\n<p><b>WHO:<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0 <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Edward R.B. McCabe<\/span>, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, March of Dimes. <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Hal C. Lawrence, III<\/span>, MD, Executive Vice President and CEO, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG). <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">James Blumenstock<\/span>, Chief of Health Security, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO). <\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Calondra Tibbs<\/span>, Senior Advisor for Community Health and Safety and Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Oscar Alleyne<\/span>, Senior Advisor, National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>MORE INFO:<\/b> The Administration has requested that Congress pass an emergency supplemental spending bill to provide resources necessary to undertake public health measures and public education to slow the advance of Zika virus across <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. To date, Congress has not acted on this request.\u00a0 Zika virus infection among pregnant women has been linked to severe birth defects and other adverse birth outcomes for their infants.\u00a0 Currently, no vaccine or treatment exists for Zika or the neurological damage it causes.<\/p>\n<p><b>Media contacts: <br \/>March of Dimes: <\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Todd Dezen<\/span>, <a href=\"mailto:tdezen@marchofdimes.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">tdezen@marchofdimes.org<\/a>, 917-994-4608 <br \/><b>American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists:\u00a0 <\/b><span class=\"xn-person\">Megan Christin<\/span>, <a href=\"mailto:mchristin@acog.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mchristin@acog.org<\/a>, 202-863-2553 <br \/><b>Association of State and Territorial Health Officials:<\/b> \u00a0Scott Briscoe, <a href=\"mailto:sbriscoe@astho.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">sbriscoe@astho.org<\/a>, 571-527-3173 <br \/><b>National Association of County and City Health Officials:<\/b>\u00a0 <span class=\"xn-person\">Margaret Pursell<\/span>, <a href=\"mailto:mpursell@naccho.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">mpursell@naccho.org<\/a>, 202-507-4235<\/p>\n<p>\/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE&#8211; <span class=\"xn-chron\">April 5, 2016<\/span>\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><b><u>MEDIA REMINDER: PRESS CONFERENCE FOR <span class=\"xn-chron\">TUESDAY, APRIL 5<\/span><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>WHAT:<\/b> Leaders from top medical, governmental, and patient advocacy organizations will gather to call on Congress to provide emergency funding to combat the spread of Zika virus in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and prevent more pregnant women from being infected. They will release a letter to Congress calling for immediate passage of Zika funds co-signed by dozens of organizations and businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Logo &#8211; &lt;a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}