Title: Ebola Facts
Headings: Ebola Facts
Ebola Facts
What is Ebola?
Symptoms
Is Ebola contagious?
Where does Ebola come from?
Treatment
Prevention
EBOLA HISTORY AND RISK TO THE U.S.
Ebola Outbreaks
Is Ebola a threat to the United States?
What happens if a person with Ebola comes to the United States?
How can we decrease the risk that a person with Ebola comes to the United States?
What are authorities trying to do to contain the outbreak?

Content: Two American nurses contracted the disease while treating the Liberian patient, but both recovered. In other words, only two people have ever been infected with Ebola while on American soil and neither died. By comparison, CDC estimated 79,000 Americans died from influenza during the 2017-2018 flu season. 10
What happens if a person with Ebola comes to the United States? Several people with Ebola received treatment in the U.S. during the 2014-2016 outbreak, leading to increased awareness of the disease and its symptoms. Protocols have been put in place to ensure safe care for patients as part of the U.S. HHS National Ebola and Education Centers. How can we decrease the risk that a person with Ebola comes to the United States? Controlling the outbreak at its source remains the most effective way to prevent the outbreak from spreading to other countries. Trade and travel restrictions may seem to be a protective response, but are more likely to lead to additional negative consequences for affected communities and individuals and interfere with accurate monitoring at border checkpoints. What are authorities trying to do to contain the outbreak?