Officials from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Safety will be participating with federal, state and local officials in a multi-state Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness exercise Nov. 4–8, 2019.
Published: Tuesday, November 5th, 2019 @ 7:34 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Today, I have taken action to better protect the American people by releasing a National Biodefense Strategy and signing a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) that will strengthen our Nation's defenses against biological threats to health and safety.
Published: Tuesday, September 18th, 2018 @ 6:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Our moral duty to the taxpayer requires us to make our government leaner and more accountable.
Published: Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 @ 12:55 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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While worldwide reports of Ebola infections have recently ebbed, East Carolina University graduate student Issa Thullah knows it's still a major issue in his hometown of Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Published: Thursday, November 20th, 2014 @ 9:32 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa and the few recent infections in the United States have alarmed many Americans. Considering how modern transportation and technology have made the wide world into a smaller place, Americans should be concerned.
Published: Friday, November 14th, 2014 @ 10:49 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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A subsequent test of a new specimen provided by the patient at Duke University Hospital in Durham has resulted in a confirmed negative laboratory diagnosis for Ebola.
Published: Wednesday, November 5th, 2014 @ 11:05 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Testing conducted at the State Laboratory of Public Health, located in the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services (NC DHHS), returned a preliminary negative result for Ebola in a patient at Duke University Hospital in Durham.
Published: Monday, November 3rd, 2014 @ 6:30 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Here at Haymaker HQ, we are still scratching our heads over this one. A nurse named Kaci Hickox went to west Africa to help ebola victims.
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 7:45 pm
By: Brant Clifton
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Halloween. Yesterday I may have set a record for "getting costume attention." I became Dr. Ebola!!!!!
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2014 @ 4:55 pm
By: Gene Scarborough
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As fears about Ebola continue to spread much faster than the virus itself, experts from East Carolina University offered their perspectives on the issue during a panel discussion on Oct. 16.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2014 @ 1:47 am
By: ECU News Services
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has created an Ebola web page that provides information for the public and healthcare providers, updates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fact sheets and a list of FAQs.
Published: Monday, October 20th, 2014 @ 6:13 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) is demanding answers from the Pentagon on the purpose and scope of Operation United Assistance in West Africa, a mission President Obama has launched to send American military personnel into Ebola-stricken countries to contain the spread of the Ebola virus.
Published: Saturday, October 18th, 2014 @ 9:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Secretary Aldona Wos and State Epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies, detailed today the state's preparation should an Ebola case be diagnosed in North Carolina.
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:42 am
By: Christopher Maye
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Governor Pat McCrory, along with DHHS Secretary Dr. Aldona Wos and State Epidemiologist Dr. Megan Davies will provide an update on state preparations should a patient in North Carolina be diagnosed with Ebola. At this point in time, no one in the state is suspected of having, or has been...
Published: Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 @ 5:41 am
By: Chris Downey
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As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa intensifies daily, East Carolina University experts are coming together to present a public discussion of the disease and its potential impact in the United States.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 11:00 pm
By: ECU News Services
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Secretary Aldona Wos said that the Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) Division of Public Health has been working closely with its public health partners and health care providers since July to prepare for the possibility that a patient in North Carolina might be diagnosed with Ebola.
Published: Wednesday, October 8th, 2014 @ 4:41 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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With news that the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States, Thom Tillis is questioning the Obama administration's insistence on continuing to allow travel from nations stricken by the Ebola virus.
Published: Friday, October 3rd, 2014 @ 6:26 pm
By: Christopher Maye
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In March of 2011, I wrote a piece about safety. In it I opined that there is no such thing as safety because so called "safety" in reality is the absence of risk.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 5:44 am
By: Jim Bispo
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Every major political matter is always immediately perceived as the last blow which will end America/Civilization/Liberty/The World; each instance we have found the aftermath wasn't as devastating or in fact did not exist whatsoever.
Published: Wednesday, August 27th, 2014 @ 12:12 am
By: Christopher Maye
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