West Africa Ebola Outbreak
Federal health officials and health workers testified at a joint hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and S… read more
Federal health officials and health workers testified at a joint hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and its possible risk to the U.S. According to the World Health Organization the outbreak was in five countries: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Congo.Dr. Kent Brantly, who contracted the virus in July 2014 while working in Liberia with the group Samaritan’s Purse, told the committees that he requested international aid well before he contracted the disease but was ignored until he and a colleague became ill. close
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Beth Bell M.D. Director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention->National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases
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Kent Brantly M.D. Survivor
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Robin Robinson Deputy Assistant Secretary (Former) Department of Health and Human Services->Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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