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Hearing Summary Courtesy of The Market Institute The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform met this week to assess the government’s response to positive Ebola cases on U.S. soil as well as the ongoing […]
President Obama’s appointment of Ron Klain to coordinate the government’s attempt to combat Ebola signifies that the government’s main concern is to manage pre-election public perceptions, states the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons. Sen. […]
After the Oct 16 hearings before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS), issued the following statement: “The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and […]
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) suggested that the first Dallas nurse who became infected while caring for the index patient may have “breached protocol” by touching the outer, contaminated surface of her […]
Notes from Jane M. Orient, MD on House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations hearing held October 16, 2014. Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy noted in summary that the only person assuming […]
On August 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola epidemic to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has stated that a […]
By: Jane M. Orient, M.D. Some 3,000 American soldiers are arriving in Africa to fight an Ebola epidemic that is doubling about every 3 weeks, with the number of infections projected to reach 1.4 million […]
As CDC director Thomas Frieden said at one point, it was inevitable that Ebola would reach the U.S. Now that it has, the CDC expresses confidence that it will be easily contained, but the Association […]
By Jane M. Orient, M.D. Ebola is familiar to Americans as the stuff of science-fiction horror novels, and it is an ongoing real-life horror story in Africa. Viral hemorrhagic fevers, of which Ebola is one […]
