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« En 1976 j'ai découvert Ebola - maintenant je crains une tragédie inimaginable »

Mon, 2014-10-06 21:38 — Kathy Gilbeaux

professeur Peter Piot, directeur de la London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine: « autour de juin, il est devenu clair pour moi, il y avait quelque chose de différent au sujet de cette épidémie. J'ai commencé à être vraiment inquiet "photographie : Leon Neal/AFP

theguardian.com - 4 octobre 2014
Rafaela von Bredow et Veronika Hackenbroch

... "il est clair pour nous tous : ce n'est pas juste une épidémie plus. Il s'agit d'une catastrophe humanitaire. Nous ne suffit de denrées alimentaires, des jeeps et des camions de personnel, mais aussi des spécialistes en logistique, soins. Une telle épidémie peut déstabiliser des régions entières. Je ne peux qu'espérer que nous serons en mesure de l'obtenir sous contrôle. Je n'ai vraiment jamais pensé qu'il pourrait ce faire mal"...

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Obama: U.S. Vous Musclez aéroport projections pour Ebola

Mon, 2014-10-06 17:49 — mike kraft

mise à jour avec des informations supplémentaires (défilement ci-dessous).

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De Zeke J. Miller le 6 oct. 2014 17:24

Le Président Barack Obama a déclaré lundi que les Etats-Unis travaille sur des projections de passager supplémentaire pour les passagers aériens battant de l'Afrique de l'Ouest frappé par Ebola, deux semaines après un homme libérien infecté par la maladie sont entrés dans le pays.

Fonctionnaires « vont travailler sur les protocoles de faire des projections de passager supplémentaire à la fois source et ici aux Etats-Unis, » Obama a déclaré, adressage des journalistes après une réunion d'information sur la réponse de son administration à l'épidémie en Afrique et au maintien de la maladie ne se propage aux Etats-Unis "toutes ces choses me font confiant qu'ici aux États-Unis au moins les chances d'une éclosiond'une épidémie ici sont extraordinairement faibles. "

Le Président n'a pas donné de détails sur les nouvelles mesures de dépistage, et Dr. Tom Frieden, directeur des Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) a refusé de préciser plus en détail dans une interview avec CNN, après la réunion.

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As Ebola patient in Texas fights for his life, his family copes with stigma and isolation

Sun, 2014-10-05 23:11 — mike kraft

EBOLA VICTIM IN DALLAS IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION WHILE FAMILY MEMBERS SUFFER FROM STIGMA AND ISOLATION

WASHINGTON POST

By DeNeen L. Brown, Abby Phillip and Sean Sullivan October 5 at 8:05 PM

DALLAS — As a Liberian man diagnosed with Ebola was fighting to survive Sunday in a Texas hospital, his worried family members and others who were in contact with him said they are being ostracized by the local Liberian community, which is struggling to cope with fear, isolation and the stigma associated with the deadly disease.

A cleanup crew on Sunday sanitizes the apartment where Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan was staying before being admitted to a hospital in Dallas. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Medical Research: Ebola Therapy Protects Severely Ill Monkeys

Sun, 2014-10-05 21:34 — Kathy Gilbeaux

nature.com

Thomas W. Geisbert

Nature 514, 41–43 (02 October 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13746 - Published online 29 August 2014

A blend of three monoclonal antibodies has completely protected monkeys against a lethal dose of Ebola virus. Unlike other post-infection therapies, the treatment works even at advanced stages of the disease. See Article p.47

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v514/n7520/full/nature13746.html

Reversion of advanced Ebola virus disease in nonhuman primates with ZMapp

Nature 514, 47–53 (02 October 2014) doi:10.1038/nature13777
Received 05 August 2014 - Accepted 21 August 2014 - Published online 29 August 2014

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Koch brothers freak out in response to Rolling Stone expose

Sun, 2014-10-05 18:20 — Maeryn Obley

David Koch.

Image: David Koch.

dailykos.com - September 30th, 2014 - Joan McCarter

Tim Dickinson's fantastic expose of the Koch brothers in the latest issue of Rolling Stone has gotten plenty of attention. For very good reason: it's a well-sourced, deep dive into the very toxic—literally toxic—business that earned the Kochs enough money to buy up an entire political party. That and the wrongful death judgement, six felony and numerous misdemeanor convictions, the tens of millions of dollars in fines, and the trading with Iran are all included in the story, well worth your time.

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2014 Ebola virus cases in the United States: from Wikipedia

Sun, 2014-10-05 15:04 — mike kraft

Wikipedia listing and background on Ebola cases in the United States Oct. 5, 2014

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Ebola_virus_cases_in_the_United_States

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Man taken off flight from Belgium does not have Ebola

Sun, 2014-10-05 13:54 — mike kraft

Phildalphie Inquirer Last updated: Sunday, October 5, 2014, 7:33 AM

By Erin Arvedund

Philadelphia --The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Saturday night that the sick passenger taken from United Flight 998 at Newark Liberty International Airport to be tested for Ebola did not have the virus in his system.

After The Boeing 777, which had arrived from Brussels, Belgium, with 253 passengers and 14 crew members, CDC officials in hazmat suits and officers from the Port Authority Police Department boarded the plane, said department spokeswoman Erica Dumas.

... the sick passenger - who had been vomiting - was taken to Newark's University Hospital to be checked out.

Several hours later, the CDC announced that the patient had been evaluated "in coordination with federal, state, and local public health officials" and the tests indicated he was not infected with the Ebola virus, said CDC spokeswoman Sharon Hoskins.

In fact, he had a "minor treatable condition unrelated to Ebola," the New Jersey Department of Health said. The nature of that condition was not disclosed.

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OUT OF CONTROL: How the world’s health organizations failed to stop the Ebola Disaster

Sun, 2014-10-05 12:16 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON POST's detailed front page account of how the Ebola epidemic got out of control in West Africa. Oct. 5, 2014

by Lena Sun, Bradly Dennis, Lenny Bernstein and Joel Achenbach

The glow from a crematorium lights the sky as the bodies of people who died from Ebola are cremated last month in Monrovia

---Michel Du Cille, THE WASHINGTON POST

.... "The virus easily outran the plodding response. The WHO, an arm of the United Nations, is responsible for coordinating international action in a crisis like this, but it has suffered budget cuts, has lost many of its brightest minds and was slow to sound a global alarm on Ebola. Not until Aug. 8, 4 1 ⁄ 2 months into the epidemic, did the organization declare a global emergency. Its Africa office, which oversees the region, initially did not welcome a robust role by the CDC in the response to the outbreak.

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Why We Won't Have An Ebola Cure Or Vaccine For Years

Sun, 2014-10-05 02:48 — Maeryn Obley

UPDATE with comments from interviw with CDC Director Tom Frieden. Scroll below.

huffingtonpost.com - October 2nd, 2014 - Jeffery Young

The world has known about Ebola for almost 40 years, yet there's no cure or vaccine on the market.

That could change amid worldwide attention to the ongoing outbreak of the virus in West Africa, which has claimed more than 3,000 lives already, and the first diagnosis of a patient with the disease in the United States. But not for a few more years -- at least.

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Update: Comments by CDC Director on Sunday TV interview

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/ebola-virus-outbreak/cdc-director-tom-frieden-ebola-drug-pipeline-will-be-slow-n218666

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Are Hospitals Prepared for Ebola?

Sat, 2014-10-04 21:40 — Kathy Gilbeaux

cnn.com - October 1, 2014

CNN's Jake Tapper speaks to Gavin Macgregor-Skinner and Jeffery Stern. With the first Ebola diagnosis in the U.S., is the country prepared to handle a potential outbreak?

http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2014/10/01/only-four-u-s-hospitals-prepared-for-outbreak/

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