Sentences with phrase «concerned about infectious disease»

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Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza, says Rachael Jones, UIC associate professor of environmental and occupational and health sciences, one of four co-investigators at UIC.

Following the largest Ebola epidemic in history last year, which claimed the lives of more than 11,000 people in West Africa and ultimately spread to the U.S., public health officials remain concerned about healthcare workers contracting Ebola or other emerging infectious diseases such as SARS and pandemic influenza.

«The more and more we learn, the more you get concerned about the scope of what this virus is doing,» said the director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease.

Its primary purpose — to encourage school districts to review infectious disease response plans each year — responds to concerns about the spread of Ebola and Enterovirus in public schools.

Learn about infectious respiratory disease in dogs (sometimes called «kennel cough»), one of the most common medical concerns in animal shelters.