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Webcast: Climate Change and Health Presentation

Sun, 2014-08-17 22:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Paul Reed

videocast.nih.gov - Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health - August 6, 2014

Description: This presentation will provide an overarching national perspective and regional snapshots on climate change, key health findings from the National Climate Assessment, and best practices to build health resilience in communities.

Author: Sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health. The presenters are from NOAA, CDC, and NIH.

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CDC Fighting Ebola at Home and Abroad: Staff Deployed to W Africa, Enhanced Surveillance, Testing, and Guidance in US

Sat, 2014-08-16 20:17 — Kathy Gilbeaux

cdc.gov - August 13, 2014

More than 50 CDC experts battling Ebola in Africa

Hundreds of public health professionals working 24/7 in support

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now has more than 50 disease detectives and other highly trained experts battling Ebola on the ground in West Africa – successfully deploying in less than two weeks the surge of help it promised within 30 days.

CDC’s Emergency Operations Center is also at its highest level of alert. This means more than 350 CDC U.S. staff are working on logistics, communications, analytics, management, and other support functions to support the response 24/7.

“We are fulfilling our promise to the people of West Africa, Americans, and the world, that CDC would quickly ramp up its efforts to help bring the worst Ebola outbreak in history under control,” said CDC Director Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H. “We know how to stop Ebola. It won’t be easy or fast, but working together with our U.S. and international partners and country leadership, together we are doing it.”

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Ebola Outbreak-related Immigration Relief Measures to Nationals of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Currently in the United States

Sat, 2014-08-16 15:05 — Elhadj Drame

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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2014/230613.htm

U.S. Orders Departure of Eligible Family Members from Sierra Leone

Fri, 2014-08-15 07:25 — Norea

Department of State Seal Press Statement

Marie Harf
Deputy Department Spokesperson, Office of the Spokesperson

Washington, DC

August 14, 2014

At the recommendation of the U.S. Embassy in Sierra Leone, the State Department today ordered the departure from Freetown of all eligible family members (EFMs) not employed by post. The Embassy recommended this step out of an abundance of caution, following the determination by the Department’s Medical Office that there is a lack of options for routine health care services at major medical facilities due to the Ebola outbreak.

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U.S. Health Officials to Consider Use of Unapproved Ebola Meds

Thu, 2014-08-14 23:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

reuters.com - By David Morgan and Sharon Begley - August 7, 2014

(Reuters) - The Obama administration is forming a special Ebola working group to consider setting policy for the potential use of experimental drugs to help the hundreds infected by the deadly disease in West Africa, U.S. officials said on Thursday.

The group is being formed under Dr. Nicole Lurie, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response at the Department of Health and Human Services, an administration official said.

The action follows mounting international pressure as the death toll mounts to consider using untested treatments.

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Ebola in Africa and the U.S.: A Curation

Sun, 2014-08-10 22:02 — Maeryn Obley

wired.com - August 4th, 2014 - Maryn McKenna

The Ebola outbreak has been building in West Africa for a while, but when it was revealed at the end of last week that two American aid workers had caught the disease — and that they were being transported back to the US for treatment — the news and the reaction to it instantly filled every channel. Over the weekend, so much misinformation and outrage got pumped out that it feels as though there’s no way to cut through the noise.

But I have a few thoughts. Start with this: No, I don’t think the two aid workers who are being returned to the US pose any risk at all to the average American, or even the average Atlanta resident.

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(THE GLOBAL RESILIENCE SYSTEM IS ASSISTING WITH THE ADMINISTRATION OF A FACEBOOK PAGE TITLED
"Ebola Virus Info".
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE "Ebola Virus Info" FACEBOOK PAGE.)

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Ebola Virus Info - Facebook

Sun, 2014-08-10 20:28 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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Ebola Virus Info - Twitter - @InfoEbola

Sun, 2014-08-10 20:27 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Global Resilience System-great up to date info: http://t.co/u8ValDjczW
— Ebola Virus Info (@InfoEbola) August 7, 2014

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CSPAN - House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee - Ebola Virus

Thu, 2014-08-07 18:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux

c-span.org - August 7, 2014

The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations held a hearing titled, “Combating the Ebola Threat.”

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