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CDC head 'encouraged' by Ebola spending plan

2014-12-11 06:02:32| Biotech - Topix.net

A top health official says he's "encouraged" by a $5.4 billion spending plan proposed by Congress to fight Ebola. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Tom Frieden, said Wednesday the United States must protect itself from the deadly virus by stopping an ongoing outbreak in West Africa.

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CDC Says Half Of U.S. Babies Sleep In Unsafe Conditions

2014-12-01 09:43:20| Biotech - Topix.net

A new government study says more than of half of all U.S. infants are sleeping in unsafe conditions. Research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that 54-percent of U.S. parents are still resting their babies in cribs with blankets, pillows and other loose bedding.

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CDC Tries Old-School Epidemiology To Fight Ebola

2014-11-21 12:02:20| Biotech - Topix.net

In Liberia, Ebola continues to run rampant in rural areas. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying out Rapid Response Teams that "flood the zone" and isolate cases.

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CDC chief drops worst-case Ebola estimate

2014-11-19 21:23:38| Biotech - Topix.net

Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Tom Frieden addresses the media on the Ebola case in the U.S. at the Tom Harkin Global Communications Center on October 5, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia. The first confirmed Ebola virus patient in the United States was staying with family members at The Ivy Apartment complex before being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.

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CDC: 172 people on cruise fell ill with norovirus

2014-11-17 06:29:01| Biotech - Topix.net

A cruise ship docked in California on Sunday after 172 people on board fell ill with the highly contagious norovirus during a nearly monthlong trip, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. A cruise ship docked in California on Sunday after 172 people on board fell ill with the highly contagious norovirus during a nearly monthlong trip, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

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