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Ebola in America: Reign of fear ending, will science prevail?
A U.S. Ebola outbreak characterized more by fear than science marked by distrust, rumor and false assumptions may yet yield something positive: A rededication to basic infection control practices in the nations hospitals and increased support for infection prevention programs and public health. -
Ebola: Triumph of fear echoes early days of AIDS
After the index case of Ebola in the U.S. died and two nurses who treated him in a Dallas hospital became infected, there was an outbreak of irrationality that spread as rapidly as any epidemic. -
CDC adds respirators, clarifies confusing issue of droplet, aerosol and airborne transmission
An issue that has caused considerable confusion and fear during the Ebola outbreak is the difference between airborne, aerosol and droplet transmission. There are clear differences, but they werent elucidated particularly well at the onset of Ebola cases in the U.S., leaving the public uninformed and then panicked when some reputable scientists warned that there was a small chance the Ebola virus could mutate and spread like a truly airborne pathogen such as measles. -
Clinical Briefs in Primary Care Supplement
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HIV Update: HAART; Amprenavir
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VRE Kills!
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Clinical Updates: Anthrax Vaccine Program Bombs; Neutropenic Fever; Ebola Spreads to Congo
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Bioterrorism Watch: Was anthrax mailer a bioweapons researcher?
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Bioterrorism Watch: CDC gets plenty of advice for action
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Conference replays offer educational opportunity