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CDC director Frieden on the measles outbreak

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There has been more than 100 measles cases confirmed and reported in the United States in 2015 to date, which has drawn concern from health officials at all levels. In a interview with Norah O’Donnell...

CDC director Frieden upon returning from West Africa: ‘It is sobering that Ebola continues to spread rapidly in Sierra Leone’

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The current case count of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa has topped 19,000 cases and 7,300 deaths in the countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. This comes after more than...

‘Women at particular risk for Ebola’ and other Ebola statements

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In the latest installment of “Ebola quotes” here on Outbreak News Today, we’ll  look at recent statements by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, CDC Director Thomas Frieden, MD and David Nabarro. Starting...

CDC director Frieden clarifies ‘breach of protocol’ statement, calls Ebola the ‘enemy’

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Over the weekend the world learned of the first case of a person contracting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the United States in nurse, Nina Pham. At the time, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

What people are saying about Ebola this week?

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In the 5th installment of quotable quotes on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa, with the discovery of the 1st Ebola confirmed case in the United States, CDC director Thomas Frieden...

Frieden on Ebola: ‘Once a sufficient number of Ebola patients are isolated, cases will decline very rapidly – almost as rapidly as they rose’

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Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published information and data related to their EbolaResponse modelling tool in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). An example of some of...

Frieden on Ebola outbreak: ‘Everything I’ve seen suggests over the next few weeks it’s likely to get worse’

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director, Dr. Tom Frieden just returned from West Africa to get a bird’s eye view of the West Africa Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak, the largest...