CDC chief says spread of Ebola in Africa could imperil U.S. healthcare system
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STORY: The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday (October 16) he worries that a spread of the Ebola virus more widely in Africa could pose a long-term threat to America's healthcare system.
"One of the things I fear about Ebola is that it could spread more widely in Africa. If this were to happen, it could become a threat to our health system and the healthcare we give for a long time to come," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden told a congressional hearing.
U.S. lawmakers were prepared to grill federal health officials about their response to the appearance of Ebola on U.S. soil on Thursday after news that a nurse with the disease had taken a commercial flight heightened anxiety over its spread.
U.S. National Institutes of Health official Dr. Anthony Fauci also said during the same hearing Texas nurse Nina Pham, the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil, will be moved to an NIH faci
STORY: The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday (October 16) he worries that a spread of the Ebola virus more widely in Africa could pose a long-term threat to America's healthcare system.
"One of the things I fear about Ebola is that it could spread more widely in Africa. If this were to happen, it could become a threat to our health system and the healthcare we give for a long time to come," CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden told a congressional hearing.
U.S. lawmakers were prepared to grill federal health officials about their response to the appearance of Ebola on U.S. soil on Thursday after news that a nurse with the disease had taken a commercial flight heightened anxiety over its spread.
U.S. National Institutes of Health official Dr. Anthony Fauci also said during the same hearing Texas nurse Nina Pham, the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil, will be moved to an NIH faci