Leslie discusses how Congress is putting the most vulnerable lives at risk as they play politics with funding to protect pregnant women against the Zika Virus.

Later in the hour she is joined by Dr. Isaac Bogoch, a tropical infectious disease specialist at the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network. He is the lead author on a paper that evaluates regions in the Americas with the potential for Zika virus transmission.

They discuss what people need to know in order to protect themselves and their family members from the Zika virus.

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