An Infectious Disease conference coming up. Ebola is on the minds of everybody there. Reporter this week Infectious Disease experts from across the globe are discussing all kinds of infections from mrsa to aids, but the talks about ebola are drawing the largest crowds. It was standing room only on the conference for ebola with the representatives from the World Health Organization and the center for disease control, talking about ebola in west africa. Dr. Fowler spent the last few months in west africa at the front lines trying to contain the outbreak. We need more people on the ground, from u. S. And canada and western europe to provide men and care. Today they announced enhanced screenings for ebola at five u. S. Airports. Screenings of patients leaving west africa are already affective and restricting travel from west africa could have a detrimental affect. It keeps people from responding and preventing people from responding to help there. He urges these disease experts to remain o
Kendras colleagues remain in shock over the sudden loss of this promising now law man. Its news you never want to receive and its very difficult. Trooper david kendra was stationed at the skippack barracks for less than two years but stood out as an up and comer. He was recognized as trooper of the month and that promising career was cut shore at the Montgomery County Training Camp puss, he was attending Firearms Training in the classroom where a Police Instructor was demonstrating how to break down and clean the firearms. They say that the gun he had misfired and he was hit in the head. He was flown to the hospital where he die aid short time later. Family members and colleagues escorted his flag draped coffin, david kendra was just 26 years old. He grew up in philadelphia and grad yatded in 2006, in 2010, he graduated from Temple University with a degree in criminal justice and two years later he graduated the Police Academy when he graduated in 2013, the colleagues there say that tr
Ebola vaccine from br the outbreak happened and now they are moving forward in the process. We are pushing thing as long as quickly as possible. Joseph kim is president of anovia pharmaceuticals, they have developed a vaccine to protect against the deadly ebola virus, it was tested on animals showing it was safe. It can protect 100 from death and sickness, unlike other vaccines this does not use the virus. What folks have to do is get ahold of the ebola virus and use different parts to make it. They use a computer and take a genetic code of the virus and make a synthetic vaccine, kim says to manufacture it they use a fermentation process like beer. It could take about a month. To test the vaccine on humans they will not give them ebola, if it gets good results, kim says its possible the government will speed up the approval process. All bets are off in an outbreak situation, other companies are testing similar vaccines but kim says that they can cover more strains of the ebola virus, a
Airport, snow coming down there also wet runways tell the story there now. Good news, no significant problems reported and certainly no delays here. Action News Reporter Annie Mccormick is live in east call intownship where they have seen more than a few snowflakes tonight. First, we begin with meteorologist cecily tynan she has details at the big board. Ces. Shirleen, brian, typically we see first snowfall of the season early december. Were running a few weeks ahead of schedule. Storm tracker 6 live double scan showing white, snow, you can see how the shade of gray across the northwest suburbs is the area showing snow falling 4 00 this afternoon. Its lighter now with drier air working in. The heaviest bands of snow are across south jersey. Especially Burlington County now. You can see the shade of purple. Thats steadier snow between route 7 0rbgs i 195 and new jersey turnpike. Georgetown, wrightstown, brownsmill, dealing with steady snow moving through philadelphia. South of philadelp
Push into the 50s. Well stay in the low 40s by 9 9 00 a. M. By 4 00 p. M. 50 degrees and mild. But i am tracking wet weather as we head into your friday night and into the weekend. Ill have that coming up in your sevenday forecast. Christine . Taking a look outside right now at your roads. Things are looking pretty good. Still dark and early out there. Route 202. Interstate 95 take a look at your drive times. This is in delaware here from 295 to 495, things are in the clear. Seeing a lot of green out there. Thats what we like to see. 10, 11 minutes, your average drive time. Route 73 at the new jersey turnpike is also in the clear. And you can see theres just not a lot of volume out there at this hour. The bridges, they are also looking good at this hour. All right, christine, thanks. We continue to follow breaking news out of ferguson missouri. Two Police Officers are being treated for serious injuries after a shooting outside Fergusons Police Department during a protest. Nbc 10 aes va