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Ebola

Last Updated: | Press Releases

Feature Article: New Tech Makes Detecting Airborne Ebola Virus Possible

The Science and Technology Directorate’s National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center designed and conducted a study to optimize methods for collecting and measuring very small amounts of Ebola virus in the air.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony CBP Commissioner for a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing titled “Preparedness and Response to Public Health Threats: How Ready Are We?”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske addresses CBP’s role in the Federal government’s Ebola response.

Last Updated: | Testimony

Written testimony of DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson for a Senate Committee on Appropriations hearing titled “U.S. Government Response: Fighting Ebola and Protecting America”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson addresses the role and responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security in the U.S. Government’s response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

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Statement for the record of OHA and CBP for a House Committee on Homeland Security field hearing titled “Ebola in the Homeland: The Importance of Effective International, Federal, State and Local Coordination”

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS ) Office of Health Affairs (OHA) Acting Assistant Secretary and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Kathryn Brinsfield and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations Acting Assistant Commissioner John Wagner address OHA’s and CBP’s roles in the Federal government’s Ebola response.

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Written testimony of CBP for a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations hearing titled “Examining the U.S. Public Health Response to the Ebola Outbreak”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations acting Assistant Commissioner John Wagner addresses CBP’s role in the Federal government’s Ebola response.