Factual in Bankruptcy Court . Senator boxer excuse me senator mccaskill, im not aware of our position on that in Bankruptcy Court but i can tell you that is associated with probably Attorney Client issues that are present in that proceeding and on that basis, theyve probably taken that position. But im not familiar with the situation youre talking about in Bankruptcy Court on that issue. Who would be . Thats obviously an important legal decision that has been made by your company, and youre the lawyer in charge. This is obviously i dont know that you can have any more high profile litigation than the bankruptcy proceedings right now as to what did and didnt happen as it refers to representations made. If you dont know, who would know . Senator, im familiar with that particular piece of litigation, and i have been working with lawyers to argue on the claims that need to be made and deal with the loss claims on that part of the litigation. You understand its a big one. Ill be happy to ge
Other parts of africa. Therefore, the key ingredient to progress there is speed. The quicker we surge in a response, the quicker we blunt the number of cases and the risk ,o other parts of the world including the u. S. , decreases. Angress has provided agreement to use money from the department of defense. Received 30e million for the first 11 weeks of this fiscal year, which we appreciate. Has an unprecedented number of people in the field right now in west africa and texas. How many people do you have doing airport screenings . I would have to get back to you with the exact numbers. We are overseeing screenings to make sure they are done correctly and to screen individuals here make sure you get that ifber, and also find out those resources are best used there or elsewhere with your limited number of people. Is there progress in developing test to determine if somebody has ebola . A more rapid test would be helpful. We are currently testing one in africa that is simpler and quicker a
Important Public Health issue of want toa virus, and i thank the centers for Disease Control and the nih and medical professionals across the country, especially those at Emory University health care, with been proactive in containing and treating the virus. I agree with president obama and all of you, we have to be as aggressive as possible in preventing any transition of the disease within the United States , and boosting containment in west africa. But i also think we need to pause here. This is a wakeup call for nihica that we cannot allow funding to stagnate any longer. Earlier this year in the Budget Committee i offered an amendment to the republican budget to restore the cuts to nih. The budget cuts that have been inflicted over the past two years, and repair the damage of the Government Shutdown last year. Unfortunately it has not passed, on a partyline vote. Wewill only save lives if can robustly find medical research in america and keep america is the world leader. I would li
Providers in the u. S. To consider e. B. D. And the diagnosis of febral illance on the other fevers and persons who had recently traveled to infected countries. The c. D. C. Advisory was also sent to all directors of our Emergency Departments and signage was posted in the e. D. s. On august 1, texas health leaders, including all regional and Hospital Leaders and the e. D. Leaders across our system received an email directing that all hospitals have a hospital emergency policy in place to address how to care for patients with ebolalike symptoms. Systems. The email also drew attention to the fact that our Electronic Health record documentation in Emergency Departments included a question about travel has treat to be completed on every patient. Attachments to the email included a draft emergency policy that specifically d, a poster, and a cdc advisory from 7 28. Of u. S. St 1 guidelines patients suspected to have the disease was the ship is to staff, including the physicians and nurses on
Contextfilling out a she. Theyre going to arrive at hundreds of different airports throughout the United States. I want to talk about travel restrictions. Nonus military commercial flights are currently going into the affected countries . I dont have the exact numbers. Does anyone on the panel know . From the United States or from anywhere . From the United States into those areas. There are no direct flights into the United States. Or into west africa . There are direct flights into west africa . How many . Does anybody on the panel know how many . Back to the United States . There are no direct flights coming back to the United States from those affected areas. What about from europe . There are hundreds of flights coming from europe. And people from west africa throughhrough their there. And there is 94 screening. We would have to get back to numbers, butof huge quantities of supplies are needed. If you could get back to me with that number, i would appreciate it. Are you aware if n