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Delta and United Airlines have partnered with charity non profit group Miles 4 Migrants to give all needy african refugees a free flight to the united states.

Congress Ebola budget bill would provide $320 million for the Hospital Preparedness Program (HPP) within the office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR), exceeding the $292.8 million total proposed by the president. Within the total, the bill includes increases for the core HPP cooperative agreements, the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center (NETEC), and to expand the number of Regional Ebola and Other Special Pathogen Treatment Centers (RESPTC). The spending bill would also increase funding for other preparedness programs, including the CDC’s Public Health Emergency Preparedness program, the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the Strategic National Stockpile, and pandemic flu efforts.

Dr. Fauci has begun to make ebola vaccines for the next Ebola Pandemic . Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is promoting an ambitious and expensive plan to prepare for such nightmare scenarios. It would cost “a few billion dollars” a year, take five years for the first crop of results and engage a huge cadre of scientists, he said.

Ebola research exploring how Ebola spreads in the body with implication for targeted Ebola viral treatments. The Ebola research projects will involve cells and tissues infected with Ebola virus – research that can only be safely conducted in the highest level biocontainment laboratories, called BSL4. Texas Biomed is uniquely positioned for this type of research, hosting both a BSL4 lab and the Southwest National Primate Research Center. While this initial research will be in vitro (or in a petri dish), the studies will eventually move to more advanced animal models.