Health experts assembled by the White House conceded on Friday that a second case of Ebola could be identified in the U.S. But they defiantly insisted that the epidemic plaguing western Africa will not rise to the level of a major American outbreak. The deaths of approximately 3,500 people in western African nations are due to lax public health procedures and infrastructure – problems the United States doesn't face – according to National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases chief Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Obama's homeland security assistant Lisa Monaco, HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell and U.S. Agency for International Development administrator Raj Shah.
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Press briefing told by two different experts that another case could be coming after a Liberian man brought Ebola to Texas
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NIH chief warns that 'cataclysmic nature' of Ebola will make people scared since 'it kills in a high percentage, and it kills quickly'
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Confident health czars insist that US public health infrastructure will protect Americans
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Obama deputy says 'dozens and dozens of people have been stopped from getting on flights' in Africa
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First American-diagnosed patient lied on his exit documents and said he wasn't around contagious people
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President Obama has no plans to personally address the nation about the disease crisis that has gripped Americans' attention
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