We cannot allow COVID-19 to defeat us — but it very well might if governments treat it like a perpetual public health emergency vs. an endemic illness.
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Healthcare Insecurity: American who Returns Sick from Liberia Fails to Inform Hospital about Travel
A year ago, the Ebola crisis in West Africa became all too real as American healthcare workers from afflicted regions returned for treatment in the U.S., and a visiting West African national took ill and later died at a Texas hospital. Although Ebola was successfully contained, a recent incident in New Jersey points to a gap …
Ebola Outbreak Kills an American, Highlights Need for Improved Travel Screening
A 25-year-old man who in March was diagnosed with tuberculosis was arrested some 15 miles outside of Bakersfield, California, after vacating a motel room in which he was ordered to remain while receiving treatment. Half a world away, The World Health Organization has confirmed more than 800 Ebola cases in three West African nations. Thus far, …
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