Dr. Gerberding
Dr. Gerberding
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We will not be surprised if we see more people affected either in college context or as students spend time with their families or with their community friends. We will continue to see an extension of this outbreak into the community level.
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We know the virus is changing. We're watching little mutations occur all the time -- that's what flu viruses do.
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We're doing the same thing others are doing. We have to look at opportunities for us to invest resources to have the best possible impact and at some programs that have been around for long time that may not be doing as well.
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But it really takes a lot of time and a lot of money. There are a lot of black boxes out there where something could emerge and we won't be able to find it.
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The child-bearing years are an exciting time in a woman's life and there are a number of steps they can take to be healthy, benefiting both them and their future child.
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The late 50s and early 60s are a crucial time to focus on disease prevention. It's never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle to enjoy a longer, healthier life.
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We certainly will not see a complete end of mumps when this cycle is broken.
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These are really tough problems, and we don't have an answer we can hand you in a cookbook.
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Our current situation now is not a good situation. We have these ongoing and widespread outbreaks.
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Currently, fewer than half of health care workers get vaccinated for flu each year. When people who work in hospitals and health care facilities don't get vaccinated, they can pose a serious risk to their patients.
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We have more than 1,000 cases reported from eight states, and we also have additional cases undergoing investigation in seven more states.
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We're watching a very specific virus move very quickly through a very large population of birds and continuously evolve. That's worrisome.
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I don't think we were expecting it to be so dramatic so quickly this year. We just didn't feel it was responsible to wait three more days during a holiday weekend to let clinicians know.
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This really is the first credible evidence of a biological basis for chronic fatigue syndrome. It reflects the remarkable confluence of a number of scientific advances that are coming to bear on a problem of great importance to many people in the U.S. It's an important step forward in the field of chronic fatigue syndrome research.