CDC director ‘confident’ can get to zero Ebola cases

Frieden and Fauci testify before a House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on the U.S. response to the Ebola crisis, in WashingtonWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The director of the U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention said on Tuesday he was "confident" that the Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa can be brought under control but that "we are by no means out of the woods." Speaking at a breakfast meeting in Washington with public health officials and lawmakers, Dr. Tom Frieden said it is vital that every case of the disease is eliminated. "I remain very confident we can get to zero cases in this epidemic if we continue the way we're going and nothing unexpected happens," Frieden said. …

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USAID: Eyes on Guinea as Liberia, Sierra Leone improve on Ebola

A health worker escorts a newly admitted Ebola patient in to the Kerry town Ebola treatment centre outside FreetownWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The rate of new Ebola cases in Liberia has plunged, Sierra Leone is beginning to turn the corner in dealing with the deadly virus and health officials are now focused on Guinea, a USAID official said on Tuesday. Guinea is "where we have our eye on at the moment," said Jeremy Konyndyk, director of the USAID office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance. He said the rate of new cases in Liberia have dropped from more than 30 a day to single digits. Health officials cautioned that there is still a long way to go to eradicate the disease.

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Slowdown, U.S. problems prompt Philips profit warning

A Philips logo is seen at Philips headquarters in AmsterdamBy Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Philips warned on Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings would be worse than expected because of the lengthy closure of a manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Ohio and a slowdown in some of its major markets. The latest profit warning from the Dutch industrial company comes after its stock underperformed benchmarks and Chief Executive Frans van Houten announced plans last year to break up the company, splitting off its lighting business. …

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