He said the CDC listened to experts in occupational safety as well as medical workers on the job. "These are a major step forward in protecting workers from Ebola virus infection," said Osterholm ...

Again, no.” 2. The CDC director says any hospital can care for Ebola patients. “Essentially any hospital in the country can safely take care of Ebola. You don’t need a special hospital to do ...

Symptoms can take between two and 21 days to appear after exposure to the virus, according to the CDC. What You Need to Know About the Ebola Virus This has been the worst Ebola outbreak since the ...

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said there was "clearly" a breach in protocol that led to a Texas health care worker contracting Ebola after treating a Liberian ...

TRUE: The CDC patented a strain of Ebola in 2010. FALSE: The CDC created Ebola and obtained a patent for it to restrict or profit from the development of a vaccine. Example: [Collected via email ...

Uganda health authorities declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease in September, and as of early November, 136 confirmed cases, 21 probable cases and 53 confirmed deaths have been identified ...

Frieden, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), knew it was no simple matter to properly carry away a body loaded with Ebola virus. It takes four people wearing ...

The Africa CDC's acting director ... He praised the Ugandan government's excellent coordination of Ebola-containment measures, saying it had taken around 70 days to bring the outbreak under ...

CDC had a response team up and running by Tuesday ... than a week before the outbreak was announced publicly. Marburg and Ebola represent a significant risk, to be sure, but they are known ...

Ebola occurs when someone is infected with orthoebolavirus zairense, which is a virus mainly found in sub-Saharan Africa, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).