Cdc that will go within hours to any hospital that has an ebola case to help them provide effective care safely. Theres a lot of understandable concern about the cases in dallas. I have one slide, if we can show it, of the contacttracing activities there, and i think we have provided copies for the members. The two core activities in dallas are to ensure that there is effective Infection Control and to trace contacts. Here you see a time line in exactly what has happened in the indication of contacts. We have followed each of the contacts. When any become will, we immediately isolate them, so that we can break the chain of transmission. Thats how you stop ebola. I can go through the details when you wish. We also are working to ensure that theres effective Infection Control there, and i can go through the details of that. In sum, cdc works 24 7 to protect americans. There are no shortcuts. Everyone has to do their part. There are more than 500 hospitals in this country, and 2,500 Healt
Tom is here and when he is outnumbered on many thoughts on what is happening it ebola. I am with shepherd smith. His video is going viral telling everyone not to worry, it maybe overplayed and too much panic. I am with him. So many questions for americas Top Health Official as we await the start of the hearing. This is how we are learning ho two nurses possibly dbgot infected with the disease. And they are saying two days after the liberian man came to the hospital worked with procedures that changed on the fly and the cdc admitting vincent was allowed to fly across the United States after telling them she had a light fever possibly exposing dozens to the dangers. Angela do you believe we will get muchneeded answers . I am torn on this. It is important to Keep Congress in the loop and they hold the purse strings. There have been a lot of cdc failures. The un came out saying we have 60 days to con ain this. We cannot af two to have or three of thedays spent on a political dog an pony sh
An Alaska Public Health Alert delivered by the State Department of Health on Monday “urges” an increase in vaccination against the flu, COVID-19 and RSV, citing low coverage rates nationwide and below average rates in Alaska.
Cases of respiratory syncytial virus are being identified in the southeastern United States, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Health Advisory says, and though cases haven’t yet been identified in Alaska, the State Department of Health says new prevention tools will be available this respiratory illness season.