Harvard Club to host Ebola forum
Dr. Rita Helfand, part of the team leading the Centers for Disease Control’s response to the global Ebola outbreak, will discuss combating the disease at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at a Harvard Club of Georgia forum at Trees Atlanta, 225 Chester Ave.
Earlier this week President Obama visited the CDC to announce a major increase in the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak by sending troops, healthcare workers, building materials and medical supplies to West Africa.
Rey de Castro, a statistician at the CDC will moderate a question and answer session.
Admission is $20.
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Ernie Suggs is an enterprise reporter covering race and culture for the AJC since 1997. A 1990 graduate of N.C. Central University and a 2009 Harvard University Nieman Fellow, he is also the former vice president of the National Association of Black Journalists. His obsession with Prince, Spike Lee movies, Hamilton and the New York Yankees is odd.
