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Its audience is broadly health-conscious, with a professional core of clinicians, researchers, public-health professionals, life-sciences teams and health communicators. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Oct 3, 2014 8:26 PM UTC  by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Oct 3, 2014 8:26 PM UTC Now that the first case of [Ebola in the United States](http://time.com/3450540/ebola-outbreak-us-cdc/) has been confirmed and 50 others are currently [being monitored](http://time.com/3462004/ebola-us-50-monitored/) for the disease in the country, White House officials are addressing the U.S. response to the outbreak. 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