U.S. Senator Mark Begich issued a statement Tuesday following a briefing by the U.S. Centers of Disease Control (CDC) on the response to the Ebola outbreak and Alaska’s ability to respond to and prevent the spread of the disease. “Though an outbreak in Alaska is highly unlikely, I know that Alaskans are concerned about Ebola—especially […]
Protocols are being tightened up concerning the Ebola virus after the first case of Ebola contracted in the United States was uncovered on Sunday. 26-year-old Nina Pham, one of the nurses caring for the Ebola victim, Thomas Eric Duncan, who died last week from the deadly contagion, tested positive for the vvirus, un-nerving neighbors and […]
WASHINGTON—America’s top disease prevention official says he remains confident the United States will not experience a significant outbreak of Ebola, but that containment in Africa is critical to reducing risks elsewhere in the world. At present, a Liberian man in Dallas, Texas, is the only confirmed active Ebola case known in the United States. But […]
Tempe, Ariz. (Sept. 19, 2014) – New research published today in the online journal PLoS Outbreaks predicts new Ebola cases could reach 6,800 in West Africa by the end of the month if new control measures are not enacted. Arizona State University and Harvard University researchers also discovered through modelling analysis that the rate of […]