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CDC Director to Testify Before House Subcommittee on Ebola Outbreak

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CDC 62014 HeadquartersBldg?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1412364607400Credit: James Gathany/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(WASHINGTON) — Tom Frieden, Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations about the ongoing global Ebola outbreak.

With a handful of Americans being treated for the disease, largely after returning from West Africa, Frieden will speak before the committee on Oct. 16 to discuss his agency’s preparedness for and response to the outbreak. Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Michigan, called Ebola “a global public health issue that demands an all-hands-on-deck response.”

“We cannot afford to look back and say we could have done more,” Upton said in a statement.

In addition to Frieden, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health, will also testify at the Oct. 16 hearing. Additional witnesses remain to be announced.


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