Former CDC Chief Tom Frieden on the Latest Ebola Outbreak

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A fast-moving Ebola outbreak in Congo has led to nearly 600 suspected cases and 139 deaths, prompting the World Health Organization to declare a public health emergency of international concern.

In this MedPage Today webinar, Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Faust, MD, speaks with former CDC Director Tom Frieden, MD, MPH, who led the agency during the 2014-2016 outbreak in Africa, about the latest developments in the current outbreak, the public health response, and what clinicians should know.

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