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USA Ebola Virus

USA Ebola Virus

What are the statistics for the Ebola Virus in USA? When someone is infected what kind of USA medical care is available to treat the Ebola Virus?

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U.S. Ebola Cases May Exceed Two Dozen by November, Researchers Say:

There could be as many as two dozen people in the U.S. Infected with Ebola by the end of the month, according to researchers tracking the virus with a computer model. Ref. Source 2

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President Barack Obama is expected to name Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to two Democratic vice presidents, as the country's Ebola czar, knowledgeable sources told CNN's Jake Tapper today.

Klain is a former chief of staff to Vice President Joe Biden and also to former Vice President Al Gore. Klain is currently president of Case Holdings and General Counsel of Revolution, an investment group. He has clerked for the U.S. Supreme Court and headed up Gore's effort during the 2000 Florida recount. Ref. CNN

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Pentagon building rapid-response Ebola team for U.S.

30-person Ebola strike force will include 20 nurses, 5 physicians and 5 protocol trainers. Ref. USAToday

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DHS requires West Africa travelers to arrive at five airports

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that all travelers from Ebola outbreak countries in West Africa will have to arrive at one of five airports with enhanced screening. Customs and Border Protection within the department began enhanced screening - checking the traveler's temperature and asking about possible exposure to Ebola - at New York's John F. Kennedy airport on Oct. 11. Enhanced screening for travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea was expanded Oct. 16 to Washington's Dulles, Chicago's O'Hare, New Jersey's Newark and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airports. Ref. USAToday

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Starting Monday, all travelers returning from Africa's Ebola zone will be monitored for 21 days, CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden announced today.

Contact information including email, two phone numbers and a physical U.S. Address will be gathered from all people coming to the U.S. From Liberia, Guinea or Sierra Leone, Frieden said. Ref. CNN

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Obama On Ebola Fight: We Cant Seal Ourselves Off


The president says it is essential that the U.S. and other countries work to stop the outbreak at its source.

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American being treated for Ebola at NIH now in critical condition

Condition of aid worker who was infected with the deadly Ebola virus in Sierra Leone has been downgraded from serious to critical, the National Institutes of Health said in a statement. The identity of the worker has not been announced. Ref. USAToday