Items Tagged with 'Ebola outbreak'

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2014

CDC Year in Review: “Mission: Critical”

The 10 most challenging public-health threats of 2014
December 31, 2014

It’s been an unprecedented year for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as America’s public health agency continues its emergency response to the most complex Ebola epidemic in history. Ebola, however, is far from the only critical mission CDC undertook in 2014.


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NYC gets first Ebola case

Doctor returning from relief work in West Africa tests positive
October 24, 2014

A U.S. physician who just returned from Guinea has tested positive for the Ebola virus, according to news sources, who say that Dr. Craig Spencer, 33, had been in the West African country working for Doctors Without Borders.


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CDC: Travelers from Ebola-impacted countries will be monitored

Even those without symptoms will be checked for 21 days
October 23, 2014

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced yesterday that public health authorities will begin active post-arrival monitoring of travelers whose travel originates in Liberia, Sierra Leone, or Guinea.


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