Georgia Congressman Johnson introduces ‘Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2015′
by Staff from Outbreak News Today on (#CKTA)
Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-04) re-introduced on Thursday his bipartisan bill to address a growing problem of parasitic diseases - mostly in poor, minority populations along the U.S.-Mexico border, the rural South, Appalachia and distressed urban areas. The bill passed the House of Representatives in 2010, but stalled in the Senate. The "Neglected Infections of Impoverished ["]