Killed Michael Brown . And why is it raising the same questions . Trying to escape the new normal. More and more American Families forced to live in their cars. This mantra in my head just repeefrtd and over i want to go home. I just kept avoiding this one thought in my head that says, you know, please. To. America tonight with an indepth look at this growing epidemic and one solution that could be the road to shelter. F good evening. Thanks for joining us. Each day now, there are fewer places in the world to be safe from ebola. The death of eric duncan in dallas under scores what Health Workers have been warning about, that the virus is spreading far beyond west africa and fast, as is the fear. Five u. S. Air ports are gearing up for new screens while Airline Cabin cleaners are going on strike fearing they could be at risk. Now, new signs of the viruss global reach. A britishman died en massedonia. His hotel has been sealed off with staff and guests inside. This spanish nurse who was
Joining us from around the world, welcome. We have full coverage of the stocks and stories making headlines today. 20 yeardetails of a dispute over cotton. Michael mckee looks at why oil prices have plunged and why it matters to you. We begin with peter cook and questions over the first documented case of ebola in the u. S. Peter, good afternoon. Good afternoon. We have learned more about the patient at the center of this case in texas, dallas, texas, and whether members of the community may have been exposed to the virus. The patient himself is in condition atstable Texas Health Presbyterian hospital. They are treating him in an isolation ward at that hospital. He showed up there on the 28th. Separately we have learned from texas officials and local Health Officials five children may have been exposed to the ebola virus by being in his presence over the weekend. Peoplee five of 12 to 18 who may have been exposed to the patient at the time he started to show symptoms. Those children ar
Too many blind spots and weak links in places in africa and elsewhere. We have large amounts of travel and animal human interface and large members of people. All three of the cdc components and all of the components are so important. The cdcrelated components are domestic and stopping ebola and preventing the next ebola through the global work. I know its a few weeks ago and they are four individuals from cdc in guinea. France is taking the lead on Ebola Response in this country because the United States needs to take a more leadershipactive role or does it have the capacity to do so . Excuse me. For the cdc specific response, we provide a comprehensive Public Health approach in each country. As of today, we have approximately 175 staff on the ground. We have the most staff in sierra leone. We also have more than 20 staff or roughly 20 in guinea. We get the french speaking staff and we have 12 as of today dealing with that cluster and trying to stop it at the source. What are about en
They are almost complete and they are very optimistic that they start next phase of the trial with both of those vaccines in west africa. This slide indicated that there was a third company, but they were not expected to engage in phase one trials until the fall of 2015 which is a substantial ways away from where we are today. There other potential vaccine candidates in the pipeline. We are supporting some of those. They are behind this timeline and we are right now focused on trying to figure out if these vaccines are and effective and if they are, get them into use to control the epidemic in west africa. Part of the emergency funding request will be 157 million for barta to continue to accelerate the development and manufacturing of vaccines and therapeutics for the outbreak. My understanding from talking to the folks at new link genetics is these Clinical Trials that have been ongoing at walter reed and the national sn institute of allergy and Infectious Disease, there is good rappo
Generally nihs role. Bart thats role to support advanced development of products. Barta is and will support the advanced development of vaccines and therapeutics and get them scaled up so that if they work they can be used in a Mass Vaccination Campaign or in therapies. Thank you. I yield back. Now recognize mr. Wax man for five minutes. Thank you, mr. Chairman. Dr. Frieden, you and other experts have said numerous times the key to protecting americans from ebola is stopping the ooh disease at its source in west africa. Can you explain the approach in west africa to contain the spread . In brief to identify patients with ebola promptly, get them isolated and cared for safely. And in the event that individuals die, have them buried respectfully and safely without spreading disease. To turn off unsafe care and unsafe burial. Thats what ef we have done until now. The size, scale and speed requires now remains daunting. Instead of dozens or a handful of cases, thousands of cases to deal wi