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17:47Now PlayingToday on ELLA: Black and Brown Women Disruptors in Healthcare and Beyond, Dr. Haydée Brown and Dr. Sonya Sloan break down three active infectious disease threats and examine the federal staffing and leadership picture behind the responses to a 34-state Cyclospora outbreak, a measles resurgence that has now surpassed a full year's worth of cases in seven months, and a Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak that has killed more than a thousand people in Central Africa. As of this episode, the CDC has no Senate-confirmed director and the HHS preparedness office has no confirmed leader. We walk through the confirmation timeline, the current case numbers from CDC, WHO, and ECDC, and the federal workforce data, and ask the question that should not be partisan: is the United States staffed to respond? Sources and case counts verified through July 24, 2026.
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