CDC director: Ebola epidemic spiraling out of control
Dr. Tom Frieden, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a news conference Tuesday that the window to tamp down the Ebola outbreak is closing."We know how to stop Ebola, the challenge is to scale it up to stop this outbreak," Frieden said.
Frieden said that he outbreak is not spreading in a new way, and the CDC and governments know how to stop it, but it is a matter of resources.
"We need a global coordinated unified approach," Frieden said. "This is not just a problem for West Africa, not just a problem for Africa, it's a problem for the world, and the world needs to respond."
The first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine will begin this week, as the deadly outbreak continues to spread....