WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) on Thursday received an update from Dr. Tom Frieden, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), on the Ebola outbreak and Dr. Frieden’s recent visit to West Africa. As Ranking Member of the Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee, Sen. Moran is committed to making certain the CDC, National Institutes of Health and other federal health agencies are effectively prioritizing the issues facing Kansas, the United States, and the world.

“The Ebola outbreak continues to expand and escalate in West Africa and the international community has not effectively addressed this problem,” Sen. Moran said. “I am grateful for the opportunity to speak with Dr. Frieden personally about the Administration’s strategy to respond to this outbreak and I appreciate his commitment to this issue. I believe that with the right comprehensive, coordinated international response, Ebola does not have to be a death sentence and the disease can be contained.”

The CDC Director is scheduled to testify on Ebola in West Africa and the public health threat before a joint hearing of the Senate Appropriations Health Subcommittee and the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Tuesday, September 16, 2014. Dr. Kent Brantly, the American doctor who contracted Ebola in West Africa and survived after treatment in the United States, will also testify about the worsening epidemic.