Senate Approps, House Oversight Panels Plan Ebola Response Hearings

Senate Appropriations Chair Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) announced a full committee hearing Nov. 6 in Washington on on the U.S. government response to the Ebola outbreak. The Senate hearing follows a similar probe last week by the House Energy and Commerce Committee. On the House side, the Oversight Committee will hold a hearing Friday (Oct. 24), despite the congressional recess, examining whether the government is adequately training and equipping American health care workers and military personnel who treat patients infected with...