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While there have been no reported cases in Nevada, Carson Tahoe Health is taking important steps to be prepared to address the Ebola virus, should the need arise in any of our communities. All Carson Tahoe Health facilities have existing policies and procedures in place for quickly isolating a patient who may be infected with Ebola or other infectious diseases. For the last several months, Carson Tahoe Health Infection Prevention specialists have conducted special training sessions with our hospital staff, emphasizing necessary steps to prevent the spread of the virus Our regional medical center isolation rooms were designed to treat patients who have been exposed to serious infectious diseases. These rooms have unique equipment, airflow and other built-in infection control precautions. …

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Fifty years ago, science and medicine thought the war against infectious diseases was over thanks to antibiotics. Unfortunately, the germs had other ideas, and over the years antibiotic resistant bacteria became more and more common. It is, in fact, clear antibiotics are rapidly losing effectiveness with more resistant nasty germs popping up every day.

Epidemiologist, Doris Dimmitt lays down the facts about the West Nile virus.