Press Announcements > Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on federal preparedness and FDA’s response efforts to the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Press Announcements > Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on federal preparedness and FDA’s response efforts to the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on federal preparedness and FDA’s response efforts to the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Time and time again, we’re reminded that disease knows no borders. While our globalized world and modern transportation helps promote economic prosperity, these features also provide an easier platform for the spread of emerging infectious diseases. In the past 15 years alone, we’ve faced nearly 10 serious outbreaks of deadly pathogens. But perhaps none of these outbreaks was as ominous and deadly as the 2014–2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa that claimed the lives of more than 11,300 people.

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