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Casey Finnerty

To Protect Against Zika Virus, Pregnant Women Are Warned About Latin American Trips - T... - 0 views

  • Although the C.D.C. advisory appeared to meet the definition of a Level 3 alert — “avoid nonessential travel” — it was issued as a Level 2.Levels 1 and 2 are “practice usual precautions” and “practice enhanced precautions.” A C.D.C. spokesman said it was kept at Level 2 because Level 3 indicates danger to all travelers while Level 2 means danger only to travelers with “specific risk factors” — in this case, pregnancy.
Casey Finnerty

New Ebola Case Emerges in Setback for Sierra Leone - The New York Times - 0 views

  • Already 10 other flare-ups have taken place in areas where the spread of Ebola was thought to have ended, raising new questions about WHO procedures in assessing whether an epidemic was really over.
  • the woman was not buried safely because local health workers had not identified her as a suspected Ebola case. That raises the possibility there could be a wider Ebola outbreak.
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