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This two-page fact sheet, updated in October 2018, provides information about Ebola virus disease and its six subspecies. Topics cover Transmission, Signs and Symptoms, Risk of Exposure, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention.
Annotation:These questions and answers discuss global health security, which aims to protect the well-being of people around the world by preventing, detecting, and responding to public health threats, as it relates to the Global Health Security Agenda. Topics are Global Health Security (GHS) Basics, GHS Agenda Basics, U.S. Supported Countries, GHS Agenda and Ebola, Funding, Targets and Tracking Progress, and Connections with Other Global Programs....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This one-page document provides information about an event in which a small amount of material from an Ebola virus experiment that was securely transported from a Select-Agent-approved BSL-4 lab to a Select-Agent-approved BSL-2 lab may have contained live virus. There was no possible exposure outside the secure laboratory at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and no exposure or risk to the public. The event is under internal investigation by the CDC....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This two-page fact sheet provides information about the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Ebola Response Team, which can be deployed anywhere in the United States to aid in the fight against Ebola. It is a highly trained cadre of public health and hospital infection control experts, including medical officers, epidemiologists, infection control specialists, and analysts, based at CDC's headquarters in Atlanta. The fact sheet describes how the team works closely with clinicians, hospital administrators, and state and local public health officials onsite....[See more] [See less]
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This one-page fact sheet explains what is known about how Ebola spreads, what is known about Ebola and mutation, and why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not think Ebola will mutate to become airborne.
Annotation:This two-page document provides information about Ebola for leadership of volunteers working with West African communities in the
United States. It describes what organizations and volunteers can do to counter stigma that West Africans in the United States may face because the current Ebola outbreak is associated with a region of the world, and recommends what leaders should tell volunteers about Ebola....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This fact sheet describes the new steps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is taking for hospital preparedness for treatment of Ebola. It discusses support in Dallas, focus of the Dallas hospital investigation, immediate actions in response to the investigation, personal protective equipment, oversight and monitoring, enhanced training, establishing a dedicated CDC response team, and ensuring healthcare workers and facilities are prepared....[See more] [See less]
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This one-page infographic provides facts about the Ebola virus, including ways in which it is not spread, how someone gets the virus, early symptoms, and when someone is able to spread the disease to others.
Annotation:This Web page explains the measures the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection, and their partners are taking at airports both in the United States and in affected countries in West Africa to prevent the spread of Ebola. It describes exit screening in countries with Ebola outbreaks, entry screening in the United States, and what that screening looks like....[See more] [See less]
Annotation:This two-page fact sheet provides what people need to know about the Ebola virus. It discusses the 2014 Ebola epidemic, how Ebola is spread, how to protect oneself from Ebola, and what to do if exposed to Ebola, especially if coming from an area with an Ebola outbreak....[See more] [See less]
