Media Call: Measles Outbreak in the United States

Transcript Media Call: Measles Outbreak in the United States Speakers: Laurie Garrett and Richard E. Besser Presider: Thomas E. Novotny February 6, 2015

Laurie Garrett, CFR's senior fellow for global health, and Richard Besser, ABC News' chief health and medical editor join Thomas Novotny, San Diego University's associate director for border and global health, for a conference call on the recent measles outbreak in the United States and its effect on public health.

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Nancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFRs senior fellow for global health and author of Ebola: Story of an Outbreak, and David Nabarro, the UNs special envoy on Ebola, join Richard E. Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, to discuss the panelists recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and developments in the international response to the crisis.

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Nancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFRs senior fellow for global health and author of Ebola: Story of an Outbreak, and David Nabarro, the UNs special envoy on Ebola, join Richard E. Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, to discuss the panelists recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and developments in the international response to the crisis.

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Nancy A. Aossey, president and chief executive officer at International Medical Corps, Laurie Garrett, CFRs senior fellow for global health and author of Ebola: Story of an Outbreak, and David Nabarro, the UNs special envoy on Ebola, join Richard E. Besser, chief health and medical editor at ABC News, to discuss the panelists recent trips to West African Ebola-treatment units and developments in the international response to the crisis.

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Fear and overreaction to the Ebola outbreak threaten to undermine effective responses to the pandemic, writes CFRs Yanzhong Huang.

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