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Rare and Emerging Viral Disease Impact on Special Populations
NIAID has a requirement for the development of therapeutic strategies for select rare and emerging viral diseases in special populations.
- December 1, 2014
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, Policy & Initiatives, Public Health, and Research
DoD Sending Fewer Troops to Liberia to Battle Ebola
The Cable: The military will scale back its Ebola operation in Liberia, citing recent success in stopping the spread of the disease as a second Ebola outbreak was detected in neighboring Mali.
- November 13, 2014
- | Filed under Africa, North America, Countermeasures, and Public Health
Obama seeks $6 billion from Congress to fight Ebola in Africa, United States
The Washington Post: The Obama administration has asked Congress for more than $6 billion in emergency funding to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and secure the United States against further spread of the deadly virus.
- November 6, 2014
- | Filed under Africa, North America, Countermeasures, and Policy & Initiatives
Engineers develop material for better detectors
MedicalNewsToday: University of Utah engineers have developed a new type of carbon nanotube material for handheld sensors that will be quicker and better at sniffing out explosives, deadly gases and illegal drugs.
- November 6, 2014
- | Filed under North America, Agents & Toxins, Countermeasures, and Research
Judge says nurse who treated Ebola patients does not have to be fully quarantined
TheWashingtonPost: A judge who had temporarily agreed to quarantine Kaci Hickox, a Maine nurse who had treated Ebola patients, ruled Friday that she did not have to have her movements restricted.
- November 3, 2014
- | Filed under North America, Countermeasures, and Public Health