Human traffickers for stores millions of dollars in School Funding brought better paying jobs to virginia. John faust talks trash and Barbara Comstock gets results. Im Barbara Comstock and i approve this message. About 5800 illnesses have been documented since the first cases of ebola were reported six months ago. Next, the centers for Disease Control takes part in a discussion about the outbreak of ebola in western africa. This is hosted by the university of expert medical center. [inaudible conversations] hello. We are going to begin. I am the senior foreignpolicy adviser for senator coons and i would like to welcome everybody today and we have a remarkable panel with us. We are very excited to have so many people interested in this critical issue. And i would like to thank anita cicero so much for pulling this event together. I would also like to recognize the center for Health Security for hosting this event and i would like to turn it over to our moderator today that will introduc
Consistency and adjudication. Part of that is training. Had approximately 20 training sessions delivered by cms, their doctors, their policy experts. To the Administrative Law judges since 2010. What you will see if you look at the Historical Data is the reversal rates have actually been going down. Were at a high in 2010, 50 5. 5 fully favorable and that is now down to 35. 2 . To 35. 2 . Do you think there is a better quality of decision . The case is coming up to you. They either make better decisions at a lower level where there is something that has happened at the alj with better training and youre making better decisions earlier in finding people fully favorable more often than what would be consistent with policy. Or joint training leading to better consistency among different adjudication levels. Say in herns if you training has fixed that, it was an issue at some point that we were doing too many fully favorable and partially favorable. I dont think i would go so far as to say
Each of these massive movements of the earth there are lessons. Earthquakes in haiti and chile of nearly the same magnitude have caused massive differences in deaths and damages. Much of the differences are the direct results of efforts to establish standards and mitigation of earthquake hazards. In japan the Early Warning system allowed the japanese Transit System to shut down every train so not a single derailment occurred as a hult of the han shu quake. Today were here to remember those that lost their lives in the great alaskan quake. We have to remind ourselves we capital be complacent protecting against hazards and remind ourselves the advancement of science depends on vigilence. I would like to thank our witnesses for being here today. I like to hear their thoughts and what we know about advances in earthquake science over the last 50 years. Over the last 50 years. I would now like to recognize the Ranking Member. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I would like to thank our distinguished
Ebola is scary because of its case phi at that time rate which is generally in the 50 to 70 range. We think with meticulous Clinical Care we should be able to get that down substantially addressing hydration and fluid management. Its still a very deadly disease. Compare that with sars which is 10 or mrsa, or the pen democrat democratic. That doesnt mean it has anything like the epidemic potential of influenza because one of the fundamental facts about ebola is that from everything we have seen, it only spreads from someone who is ill and only spreads from direct contact with body fluids of someone who is ill or someone who has died. So the spread has been primarily by these two routes, unsafe care giving, whether in the home or in health care facilities. In africa, unsafe burials, where burial practices may promote the widespread transmission of disease. The bottom line with ebola is despite recent progress, the epidemic remains severe, Poor Public Health interventions can stop it and
Keep this virus outside of the United States. Already, there has been a vigorous response. We hope to hear more today about exactly what has been done, and what needs to be done Going Forward. Two weeks ago, Thomas R Duncan traveled here from liberia. By way of brussels and dulles airport. He fell ill, and presented himself for treatment at Texas Health Presbyterian hospital in dallas. Mr. Duncans diagnosis set in motion an extensive Public Health operation involving federal, state, and local officials to identify and assess any individuals with whom he may have had contact. A process called Contact Tracing. That Contact Tracing effort continues today. Our prayers are with everyone who is currently being monitored as part of this incident. We are thankful that to date, there been no additional cases of ebola standing from this case. It is difficult, but it is one of the few ways to contain the disease. Containment also requires swift coordinated action. In this hearing, and investigati