... evention (CDC), which has begun an investigation of the incident. But they had been "doing procedures that sent the agent into the air", McDonald said. When anthrax becomes airborne, it can cause a de ...More
EJ Insight2015-05-28
... evention (CDC) are taking a cue from the success of a CDC-funded Chicago hospital experiment that has managed to halve infections caused by an especially deadly type of superbug. The Chicago study foc ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-30
... evention (CDC) in the United States, the World Health Organization (WHO), and Médecins Sans Frontières, the remarkable group of doctors and nurses who risk their lives to save those of others in poor ...More
EJ Insight2014-11-13
... Under new CDC guidelines that spell out four risk categories, most healthcare workers returning from West Africa's Ebola hot zone would be considered to be at "some risk" for infection, while healthca ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-28
... evention (CDC), Dr. Thomas Frieden, defended the government's response, and offered assurances that Americans are safe and that there will be no widespread Ebola outbreak in the country. "There's zero ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-17
... evention (CDC) said Sunday that the latest report indicated a clear breach of safety protocol at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, the report said. The hospital at first did not recognize the Liberi ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-13
... with the CDC that he has no Ebola virus," said Robert Finberg, who is leading Sacra's team of doctors. Doctors have sent blood work to the CDC to rule out Ebola. Sacra contracted the virus while work ...More
EJ Insight2014-10-06
... evention (CDC) in the United States said up to 1.4 million people might be infected in Africa by January, Reuters reported. The projection was based on data from late August and did not take into acco ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-24
... evention (CDC) establish emergency operations centers in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the worst Ebola epidemic on record has killed about 2,300 people and shows no sign of slowing six month ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-12
... evention (CDC). More than 90 percent of homes without a smoker and nearly half of those with at least one adult smoker had smoke-free rules. "It’s a shift in social norms," said Brian King, lead autho ...More
EJ Insight2014-09-08
... . But the CDC's resources will be stretched. It now investigates about 20 work units a year but it will have to cover nearly 300 units; 98 central government units; 32 provinces, directly controlled m ...More
EJ Insight2013-11-14
