Local health care and emergency providers are prepared for a potential outbreak of Ebola in Kootenai County. Ebola, which is ravaging western Africa, has garnered increasing national attention since several Americans returned from overseas with the disease. "We want to be aware and we want to be concerned," said Jeff Lee, staff epidemiologist at the Panhandle Health District. "But we don't want to panic." Lee added that the Panhandle Health District works closely with area hospitals and emergency providers to ensure they are ready to properly combat any potential outbreak. "We make sure that they have personal protective equipment, that they're screening for travel history when dealing with anyone who meets the criteria for Ebola," Lee said/Keith Cousins, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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