As national panic over lead-poisoned public water systems bleeds into the looming threat of the mysterious mosquito-borne Zika virus, one thing has become clear: States are dangerously unprepared to tackle health emergencies. In fact, federal and state budget cuts have all but extinguished state emergency programs over the past decade.
Now, a contentious budget fight in Congress is further chipping away at what little remains in states’ emergency stockpiles — and it couldn’t come at a worse time....
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/05/02/3774060/state-emergency-funds-reallocated-to-zika/
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