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The White House
An Ebola update
from an NIH medical expert
Dr. Anthony Fauci, infectious disease chief at the National Institutes
of Health (NIH), recently sat down to share an update on Ebola. He
spoke about the measures the Administration is taking to respond to
Ebola cases at home, while containing the epidemic at its source in
West Africa.
Speaking from his office at the NIH headquarters in Bethesda, MD, Dr.
Fauci stressed that Ebola is not an easily transmitted disease and laid
out the facts on how the disease spreads.
What’s Happened So Far
In March 2014, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported an outbreak
of Ebola virus disease in the West African country of Guinea.
Additional cases have since been reported in the countries of Liberia
and Sierra Leone, as well as Nigeria and Senegal. The cases reported in
Nigeria and Senegal are considered to be contained, with no further
spread in these countries, but new cases continue to be reported from
Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. To date, there have been more than
9,200 reported Ebola cases in West Africa, with more than 4,500 deaths.
In September 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
reported the first laboratory-confirmed case of Ebola diagnosed in the
United States, in a person who had traveled from Liberia to Dallas,
Texas. The patient passed away on October 8, 2014. Two health care
workers at Texas Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for the
patient has also tested positive for Ebola, and have since been
isolated and are receiving care.
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