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For Immediate Release: Friday, October 24, 2014
CONTACT: NIH Office of Communication, 301-496-5787, <e-mail:nmb@xxxxxxxxxx>
MEDIA ADVISORY
NIH MEDIA BRIEFING ON DISCHARGE OF EBOLA PATIENT FROM ITS CLINICAL CENTER SPECIAL CLINICAL STUDIES UNIT
WHAT
NIH officials will brief reporters about the discharge of Nina Pham, the Dallas nurse who was admitted to the NIH Clinical Center on October 16 with Ebola virus disease, and is now virus free.
WHO
-- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institutes of Health
-- Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
-- H. Clifford (Cliff) Lane, M.D., NIAID Clinical Director
-- John I. Gallin, M.D., Director, NIH Clinical Center
-- Tara Palmore, M.D., Director, Hospital Epidemiologist, NIH Clinical Center and Director, Infectious Diseases Training Program, NIAID
-- Rick Davey, M.D., Deputy Clinical Director, NIAID Division of Clinical Research
WHEN
11:30 AM ET in front of the NIH Clinical Center. The briefing will be live streamed:
<http://videocast.nih.gov/live.asp?live=15096&preview=1>
HOW
For logistics purposes, please RSVP to let us know if you plan to attend in person.
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