Houston Doctor Heads to Middle East to Prevent the Next Ebola

KUT 90.5 | By Rhonda Fanning | The Texas Standard

Published April 8, 2015 at 3:01 PM CDT

There are links between conflict and contagion, and one doctor thinks prevention is key.

From Texas Standard:

It wasn't too long ago when Dallas became the epicenter for what many feared could have been the beginning of a nationwide ebola epidemic. Since then, the U.S. government has fought to figure out when and where the next viral epidemic may come from.

It may be tied to the Middle East's conflict with ISIS.

Dr. Peter Hotez is the Dean of Baylor's National School of Tropical Medicine and has been chosen by the State Department as an official science envoy. He talks with the Standard about why the conditions in the Middle East are the focus of his research.

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Rhonda is the newest member of the KUT News team, joining in late 2013 as producer for KUT's new daily news program, The Texas Standard. Rhonda will forever be known as the answer to the trivia question, “Who was the first full-time hire for The Texas Standard?” She’s an Iowa native who got her start in public radio at WFSU in Tallahassee, while getting her Master's Degree in Library Science at Florida State University. Prior to joining KUT and The Texas Standard, Rhonda was a producer for Wisconsin Public Radio.

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