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Telebriefing: CDC and USAID update on Liberia Ebola Response
Original title: “CDC and USAID update on Liberia Ebola Response - Transcript”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) added Mali to the list of Ebola-affected nations for which enhanced screening and monitoring measures will be taken.
Original title: “Enhanced Airport Entry Screening to Begin for Travelers to the United States from Mali - Press Release”
The effort to contain the Ebola epidemic in Liberia is showing preliminary signs of progress in some counties, but maintaining and extending these trends will require sustained efforts, according to three early-release articles in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) on November 14.
Original title: “CDC Releases New Reports on Ebola Cases in Liberia and the United States - Press Release”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ordered $2.7 million in personal protective equipment (PPE) to increase Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) supplies to assist U.S. hospitals caring for Ebola patients.
Original title: “CDC Increasing Supply of Ebola-specific Personal Protective Equipment for U.S. Hospitals - Press Release”
CDC hosted a telebriefing on the CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance
Original title: “Update: CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance - Transcript”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued today revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Ebola Virus Exposure
Original title: “CDC Issues Revised Interim U.S. Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Potential Ebola Virus Exposure - Media Statement”
This fact sheet explains CDC's updated guidance to protect America from Ebola. This updated guidance focuses on strengthening how we monitor people who may have been exposed to Ebola and how medical professionals will oversee their care and, when warranted to protect the public health or our communities, limit their movement or activities.
Original title: “Monitoring Symptoms and Controlling Movement to Stop Spread of Ebola - Fact Sheet”
CDC will host a telebriefing on the CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance
Original title: “Update: CDC Ebola Response and Interim Guidance: 10-27-2014 - Media Advisory”
A hospitalized medical aid worker who volunteered in Guinea, one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola epidemic, and since returned to the United States has tested positive for Ebola according to the New York City Health Department laboratory, which is part of the Laboratory Response Network overseen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC has confirmed the test results in its Atlanta laboratory.
Original title: “Update: New York City and CDC Report Positive Tests for Ebola in Volunteer International Aid Worker - 10-24-2014 - Media Statement”
A hospitalized medical aid worker who volunteered in Guinea, one of the three West African nations experiencing an Ebola epidemic, and since returned to the United States has tested positive for Ebola according to the New York City Health Department laboratory, which is part of the Laboratory Response Network overseen by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Original title: “New York City Reports Positive Test for Ebola in Volunteer International Aid Work - Media Statement”
CDC hosted a telebriefing to update CDC Ebola response activities in the United States and West Africa.
Original title: “CDC update on Ebola Response : 10-22-2014 - Transcript”
CDC will host a telebriefing to update CDC Ebola response activities in the United States and West Africa.
Original title: “CDC update on Ebola Response, 10-22-2014 - Media Advisory”
Ebola strategies offered to families of company workers might work elsewhere
Original title: “Innovative Response by Firestone Health Officials May Have Limited Ebola Spread in a Part of Liberia - Press Release”
CDC hosted a telebriefing to update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa.
Original title: “CDC update on Ebola Response and PPE: 10-20-2014 - Transcript”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is tightening previous infection control guidance for healthcare workers caring for patients with Ebola, to ensure there is no ambiguity.
Original title: “Tightened Guidance for U.S. Healthcare Workers on Personal Protective Equipment for Ebola - Fact Sheet - Media Statement ”
CDC will host a telebriefing to update the CDC Ebola Response and PPE.
Original title: “CDC update on Ebola Response and PPE: 10-20-2014 - Media Advisory”
The hospital worker was monitoring herself for fever and other symptoms of Ebola, but did not fall into any of the risk categories that required restriction of movement based on CDC's movement and monitoring guidelines.
Original title: “Frequently Asked Questions about Dallas and Ohio Flights - Frequently Asked Questions”
CDC hosted a press briefing update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa.
Original title: “CDC update on Ebola Response, 10-15-2014 - Transcript”
CDC will host a telebriefing to update the investigation of Ebola in the United States and West Africa.
Original title: “CDC update on Ebola Response: 10-15-2014 - Media Advisory”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that the second healthcare worker who tested positive last night for Ebola traveled by air Oct. 13, the day before she reported symptoms.
Original title: “CDC and Frontier Airlines Announce Passenger Notification Underway - Media Statement”