Ebola Update showing latest count, treatment updates, as well as predictions for Ebola entering the US. The House Committee on Appropriations approved of President Obama’s plan to use war funds to pay for the US response to Ebola.
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The new threat to Ebola entering the United States is from the native meats being smuggled into the United States.
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The fear about Ebola virus has led many to question why we would bring back people who are infected with this disease. However, if you fear this will cause an outbreak of Ebola, you should consider these four diseases that are more virulent, and cause more deaths than Ebola.
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CDC warns Americans not to travel to Western Africa where the worst outbreak of Ebola in history has claimed the lives of 70% of its victims. Two Americans are being flown to the US to be treated at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
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The latest CDC closing of the bioterrorism laboratories is a necessary step to build protocols for continued safe handling of biologics. But it gives us pause to consider that there are more dangerous diseases out there- and chances are they are coming into our country on a commercial airline.
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Terry Simpson MD discusses the recent CDC report that 1 in 10 deaths in the United States is caused by binge drinking. We lose over ten times as many people per year from alcohol as we did in ten years of the war in Iraq. This happens when men drink more than five drinks at a time – and the toll isn’t just in car accidents, but in their health.
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The largest epidemic of Pertussis (whooping cough) is on-going – fueled in part by people who refuse to vaccinate their children, but more from adults who don’t know that the vaccine they had in childhood has worn off. If you are going to come in contact with an infant or newborn, do them a favor- get vaccinated today- it is easy, inexpensive, and you will be doing your part to stem this deadly epidemic.
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A common soil fungus causes a devastating infection following natural disasters.
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