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Virologists are highly skilled medical experts who manage the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of infectious diseases such as hepatitis C, Ebola, and now COVID-19. Learn more about them.
Rochelle Paula Walensky (née Bersoff; born April 5, 1969) is an American physician-scientist who served as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023 and had also served as the administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in her capacity as the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2021 to 2023.
The 2013–2016 epidemic of Ebola virus disease, centered in Western Africa, was the most widespread outbreak of the disease in history. It caused major loss of life and socioeconomic disruption in the region, mainly in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The first cases were recorded in Guinea in December 2013; later, the disease spread to ...
United States Department of Health and Human Services. Website. www .cdc .gov. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) is the national public health agency of the United States. It is a United States federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
The virus is a hemorrhagic fever that has a fatality rate that reaches 50% on average. Ugandan health authorities have declared an outbreak of Ebola in their country as of September 20, 2022. The ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), people with cancer are at an increased risk of severe illness due to COVID-19.This may be due to the effects of the cancer itself ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says an endemic is “the constant presence and/or usual prevalence of a disease or infectious agent in a population within a geographic area ...
The current versions of all three vaccines are geared to build immunity against the current COVID-19 variants. Recent CDC recommendations according to age group and previous vaccinations include: