Thomas Frieden

News
October 16, 2014
Contradictions, Mistakes and Bullshit Are What Worry Us in Ebola Response
Blogs
October 13, 2014
CDC Boss Frieden, "That Is Not in the Cards."
Thomas R. Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, speaking on 7/31/2014: "It is not a potential of Ebola spreading widely in the U.S. That is not in the cards." "We have quarantine stations ... More >>
Blogs
October 12, 2014
Dallas Healthcare Worker Tests Positive For Ebola
According to reports from multiple news outlets and the Centers for Disease Control, a healthcare worker -- reportedly a nurse -- who was in contact with Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for the Ebola virus. The test was performed by the Texas Department of State Health Services and is being c ... More >>
Blogs
October 1, 2014
Even the CDC Isn't Totally Sold on its Own Proclamations on How Ebola Is Transmitted
Today in multiple stories, our only and always comforting local daily, The Dallas Morning News, reiterates the official public line of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control: that physical contact with a person suffering symptoms of Ebola disease is the only mechanism of transmission by which the Ebol ... More >>
Blogs
April 14, 2009
Chewing the Fat: CDC Says Shake the Salt
Those fun-loving sorts over at the CDC have one more thing you need to stop eating. A report released last month advises Americans to--surprise!--consume less salt. Americans eat 3,436mg of salt daily, compared to the CDC's recommendation of 2300mg. In response, Divine Caroline brings some timely ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2009
Food For Thought...
"The one thing that's disturbing is that he seems to be able to do just about anything he wants in New York City, and New York City serves as a model for the rest of the world." (E. Charles Hunt of the New York Restaurant Association, speaking about commissioner of the city's Department of Healt and ... More >>