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Ebola — Information for Healthcare Workers (CDC)
Ebola — Information for Healthcare Workers Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Includes sections on: Diagnosis/Testing Specimen Collection, Transport, Testing, and Submission...
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CRS — Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority (October 9, 2014)
Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority (PDF) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) In the wake of increasing fears about the spread of highly...
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The Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, CRS Legal Sidebar (October 6, 2014)
The Ebola Outbreak: Select Legal Issues, CRS Legal Sidebar (PDF) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) On August 8th, the World Health Organization declared the...
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CRS — Ebola: Basics About the Disease (October 3, 2014)
Ebola: Basics About the Disease (PDF) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) In March 2014, global health officials recognized an outbreak of Ebola virus disease...
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Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — The First 9 Months of the Epidemic and...
Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa — The First 9 Months of the Epidemic and Forward Projections Source: New England Journal of Medicine As of September 14, 2014, a total of 4507 confirmed and probable...
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Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic — Liberia and...
Estimating the Future Number of Cases in the Ebola Epidemic — Liberia and Sierra Leone, 2014–2015 Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) The first cases of the current West African...
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Ebola Virus Disease: Information for U.S. Healthcare Workers
Ebola Virus Disease: Information for U.S. Healthcare Workers Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration National Call on Preparing Nurses to...
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Can the President Bar Foreign Travelers from Ebola-Stricken Countries from...
Can the President Bar Foreign Travelers from Ebola-Stricken Countries from Entering the United States?, CRS Legal Sidebar (PDF) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American...
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CRS — U.S. and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West...
U.S. and International Health Responses to the Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (PDF) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) In March 2014, an Ebola Virus Disease...
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Treating Ebola Patients in the United States: Health Care Delivery...
Treating Ebola Patients in the United States: Health Care Delivery Implications, CRS Insights (PDF) Source: Congressional Research Service (via Federation of American Scientists) On September 30, 2014,...
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Ebola Virus Disease Cluster in the United States — Dallas County, Texas, 2014
Ebola Virus Disease Cluster in the United States — Dallas County, Texas, 2014 Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) Since March 10, 2014, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone have...
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Research Priorities to Inform Public Health and Medical Practice for Ebola...
Research Priorities to Inform Public Health and Medical Practice for Ebola Virus Disease— Workshop in Brief Source: Institute of Medicine The current epidemic of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), cause by a...
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CRS — FY2015 Budget Requests to Counter Ebola and the Islamic State (IS)...
FY2015 Budget Requests to Counter Ebola and the Islamic State (IS) (PDF) Source: Congressional Research Service (via U.S. Department of State Foreign Press Center) The lame-duck session of the 113th...
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FACT SHEET: Progress in Our Ebola Response at Home and Abroad
FACT SHEET: Progress in Our Ebola Response at Home and Abroad Source: White House Today, approximately 10 months since the first U.S. personnel deployed to West Africa to fight Ebola, we mark important...
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Update: Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — West Africa, February 2015
Update: Ebola Virus Disease Epidemic — West Africa, February 2015 Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) According to the latest World Health Organization update on February 18, 2015 (2),...
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Transmission of Ebola Viruses: What We Know and What We Do Not Know
Transmission of Ebola Viruses: What We Know and What We Do Not Know Source: mBio Available evidence demonstrates that direct patient contact and contact with infectious body fluids are the primary...
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Systems for Rapidly Detecting and Treating Persons with Ebola Virus Disease —...
Systems for Rapidly Detecting and Treating Persons with Ebola Virus Disease — United States Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),...
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Strengthening the Detection of and Early Response to Public Health...
Strengthening the Detection of and Early Response to Public Health Emergencies: Lessons from the West African Ebola Epidemic Source: PLoS Medicine Summary Points The international response to the West...
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HHS Office for Civil Rights — HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations
HIPAA Privacy in Emergency Situations (PDF) Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights In light of the Ebola outbreak and other events, the U.S. Department of Health...
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Global Ebola Response: Making a difference – Progress Report 2015
Making a difference – Progress Report 2015 Source: United Nations At the end of 2014, the number of people being infected each week with Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone was still more than...
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