The Steady Drip: US Hospitals Ready for Ebola, Kenya Plan Persists (Connecting the Dots: Congo, Ebola, WHO, CDC, FDA, Emory University, University of Oxford, Bill Clinton, Steve Hilton, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Third Way, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, The American Society for Muslim Advancement & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

US Hospitals Ready for Ebola, Kenya Plan Persists (Connecting the Dots: Congo, Ebola, WHO, CDC, FDA, Emory University, University of Oxford, Bill Clinton, Steve Hilton, David Cameron, Tony Blair, Third Way, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, The American Society for Muslim Advancement & The Carnegie/Soros Network)

Newsmax.com

Friday, 05 June 2026 10:01 AM EDT

(Dreamstime)

https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/ebola-us-treatment-centers/2026/06/05/id/1258649/

Most ‌of the 13 U.S. treatment centers in a government-funded hospital network for severe infectious diseases are ready to handle patients, including those with Ebola if needed, representatives from the hospitals said this week.

The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in 344 confirmed cases of the disease and 60 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. So far, one American confirmed to have Ebola has been treated in Germany.

The U.S. State Department has said that U.S. citizens exposed to ‌the virus but with no symptoms would be quarantined in Kenya at a facility it's building and vowed to keep the U.S. free of travelers with Ebola.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services told Reuters on Wednesday the U.S. network is ready if needed for outbreak response.

Public health experts have increased calls for the government to bring any sick Americans ⁠home for treatment, with protests at the Kenya site leading to at least two deaths. A Kenyan court has also ordered a block to the construction.

The U.S. has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on preparing its health system to be able to handle Ebola patients since ⁠the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, including funding the network of 13 treatment centers.

AT LEAST 9 OF 13 CENTERS READY TO GO

Reuters reached out to the 13 hospitals and universities around the country that are part of the program called the National Emerging Special Pathogens Training and Education Center, nine of which confirmed they are able to receive patients ‌who have been exposed to Ebola.

The network includes well-known sites such as the University of Nebraska and Emory University in Atlanta, which recently housed Americans exposed ‌to hantavirus on a cruise, as well as others like Bellevue Hospital in New York and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Emory and three other hospitals did not respond to requests for comment.

"The United States’ investment ‌in preparedness... remains a critical component of national health security," Emily Hilliard, a spokesperson for HHS, said.

Hospitals "stand ready to safely evaluate, isolate, and treat patients with high-consequence infectious diseases while supporting ongoing response efforts," she said.

INVESTMENT AFTER 2014 OUTBREAK

In the 2014 West Africa outbreak, the U.S. brought ⁠several Ebola patients back to be treated domestically. The following year, HHS ‌received around $260 million in funding for Ebola preparedness and ⁠response activities in support of the regional treatment network.

Recently, HHS has provided $21 million a year in funding to the group, which has continued in 2026.

The facilities are required to be ⁠able to ⁠take care of at least two patients with exposure to a contagious viral hemorrhagic fever like Ebola. The facilities are required to train their personnel quarterly, and have lab testing capabilities and personal protective equipment on ‌hand.

The U.S. CDC has dozens of employees in the DRC and has said it plans to send members of the Public Health Service Corps to staff the Kenya site. Americans also volunteer there for international relief organizations.

Healthcare officials in the U.S., including former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials, argued in ‌an open letter earlier this week that building the new facility ‌in Kenya would raise serious health risks compared with medical repatriation to fully staffed and prepared U.S. facilities.

One former CDC official who is familiar with the response effort said the Kenya quarantine plan could hinder recruiting Americans to help with the outbreak.

"People are concerned they will be abandoned by their government, and many see it as a slap in the face to have taken an oath to serve the American public and get repaid that way," the former official said.

Connecting the Dots:

Fani Willis attended Emory University School of Law and is the District Attorney of Fulton County.

John G. Rice is a trustee at Emory University and a board member for the CDC Foundation.

Charles H. McTier was a trustee at Emory University and is a board member for the CDC Foundation.

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Jeffrey P. Koplan was a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is a VP at Emory University.

William H. Foege was a director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and is a professor at Emory University.

Robert Jeffrey was a board member for the CDC Foundation and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Beth A. Brooke was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and is a director at the White House Project.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch.

Gara LaMarche was the VP & director of U.S. programs for the Open Society Foundations, a director at the White House Project and an associate director at the Human Rights Watch.

Robin Renee Sanders is a director at the Human Rights Watch and was the U.S. ambassador for the Republic of the Congo.

Amy Robbins Towers is a director at the Human Rights Watch and a board member for the CDC Foundation.

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Robert Jeffrey was a board member for the CDC Foundation and is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Daisy Khan is an executive director for the American Society for Muslim Advancement, a developer for Park51 and was a director at the White House Project.

Beth A. Brooke was a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), is a director at the White House Project and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award, has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the CDC Foundation.

Henry A. Kissinger was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank).

Muhtar Kent is a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank) and a trustee at Emory University.

Dolores D. Wharton was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a trustee emeritus at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank).

Frederick B. Whittemore was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and is a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank).

Henrietta Holsman Fore is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank).

David M. Rubenstein was a benefactor for the Aspen Institute (think tank), a trustee at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (think tank) and is co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Ted Lieu was honored with the Carnegie Corporation of New York's Great Immigrants Award, has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023 and is a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Astrid S. Tuminez was a program officer at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and is the 7th President of the Utah Valley University (Charlie Kirk Shooting).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Mark B. McClellan was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Haim Saban is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a benefactor for the Saban Center for Middle East Policy and the VP for the Saban Family Foundation.

Saban Family Foundation was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Tony Blair Faith Foundation.

Tony Blair is the founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, a friend of Lynn Forester de Rothschild and was the United Kingdom’s prime minister.

Cameron F. Kerry is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother and a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP and the president for the Barack Obama administration.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Newton N. Minow was a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and an honorary trustee at the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a trustee at the Third Way and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Ronald A. Klain is a trustee at the Third Way and was the coordinator of government Ebola efforts for the Barack Obama administration.

Thomas R. Carper is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and was a U.S. Senate senator.

Christopher Coons is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and a U.S. Senate senator.

Claire McCaskill is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and was a U.S. Senate senator.

Jeanne Shaheen is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and a U.S. Senate senator.

Mark Udall is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and was a U.S. Senate senator.

Susan McCue is a trustee at the Third Way and was a founding president & CEO for the ONE Campaign.

Michelle Obama is an advocate for the ONE Campaign and was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

Ronald O. Perelman is a director at the ONE Campaign and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Maurice R. Greenberg is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Howard S. Jonas was an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and is a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Roman Martinez IV is an overseer at the International Rescue Committee and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

ONE Campaign is a partner with the International Rescue Committee.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations, a director at the ONE Campaign, was a director at the Debt AIDS Trade Africa, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and served with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Debt AIDS Trade Africa is a merged organization with the ONE Campaign.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a friend of Michael Douglas, was the Chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and a supporter for the Center for American Progress.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Donald Kennedy was a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) and a commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Margaret A. Hamburg is the VP for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), David A. Hamburg’s daughter and was the commissioner for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

David A. Hamburg was an adviser for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), Margaret A. Hamburg’s father and the president emeritus for the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the founder of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Michael Douglas is a friend of George Soros and a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Warren E. Buffett is an adviser at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank) and Howard G. Buffett & Susan A. Buffett’s father.

Howard G. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s son and a director at the ONE Campaign.

Susan A. Buffett is Warren E. Buffett’s daughter and a director at the ONE Campaign.

Michelle Obama was an advocate for the ONE Campaign.

Morton H. Halperin is a director at the ONE Campaign.

Ronald O. Perelman is a director at the ONE Campaign and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Susan McCue was a founding president & CEO for the ONE Campaign and is a trustee at the Third Way.

Thomas R. Carper is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and was a U.S. Senate senator.

Christopher Coons is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and a U.S. Senate senator.

Claire McCaskill is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and was a U.S. Senate senator.

Jeanne Shaheen is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and a U.S. Senate senator.

Mark Udall is an honorary co-chair for the Third Way and was a U.S. Senate senator.

Third Way

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Way

The Third Way has been promoted by social liberal[4] and social-democratic parties.[5] In the United States, a leading proponent of the Third Way was President Bill Clinton.[6] In the United Kingdom, Third Way social-democratic proponent Tony Blair claimed that the socialism he advocated was different from traditional conceptions of socialism and said: "My kind of socialism is a set of values based around notions of social justice. ... Socialism as a rigid form of economic determinism has ended, and rightly."[7] Blair referred to it as a "social-ism" involving politics that recognised individuals as socially interdependent and advocated social justice, social cohesion, equal worth of each citizen and equal opportunity.

Ronald A. Klain is a trustee at the Third Way and was the coordinator of government Ebola efforts for the Barack Obama administration.

William M. Daley is a trustee at the Third Way, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and was the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration.

Tony Blair was affiliated with the Third Way movement, the United Kingdom’s prime minister, is the founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation and a friend of Lynn Forester de Rothschild.

Saban Family Foundation was a funder for the Tony Blair Faith Foundation,

the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Lynn Forester de Rothschild was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, a fundraiser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign and is a friend of Tony Blair.

Tony Blair is a friend of Lynn Forester de Rothschild, the founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, was the United Kingdom’s prime minister and affiliated with the Third Way movement.

William J. Clinton was affiliated with the Third Way movement, is an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign and the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, a co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and was a benefactor at the Harlem Children's Zone.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Harlem Children's Zone.

Michael R. Bloomberg a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone and is the founder for the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Richard S. Fuld Jr. was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone and is a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

John J. Mack was a benefactor for the Harlem Children's Zone, is the chairman for the New York-Presbyterian Hospital, a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society and Andrea Soros’s father.

Carnegie Corporation of New York was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a supporter for the American Society for Muslim Advancement.

Andrew Carnegie was the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Andrea Soros is a director at the Acumen Fund and George Soros’s daughter.

Amy Robbins Towers is an advisory council member for the Acumen Fund, a director at the Human Rights Watch, a board member for the CDC Foundation, was a director at the Millennium Promise and married to Larry Robbins.

Robin Renee Sanders is a director at the Human Rights Watch and was the U.S. ambassador for the Republic of the Congo.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Human Rights Watch.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights Watch and the Millennium Promise.

Jimmy Carter was an honorary co-chairman for the Millennium Promise and a co-founder & trustee at the Carter Center.

Donald R. Hopkins is the VP, health programs for the Carter Center and was a board member for the CDC Foundation.

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation and the World Health Organization (WHO).

World Health Organization (WHO) is a U.N. coordinating agency for world health.

Jim Yong Kim was a director, HIV-AIDS department for the World Health Organization (WHO) and a guest at George Soros’s 2013 wedding.

George Soros was married in 2013 & Jim Yong Kim was a guest and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Robin Hood Foundation.

Larry Robbins is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and was married to Amy Robbins Towers.

Daniel S. Och is a director at the Robin Hood Foundation and a trustee at the New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Emma Bloomberg was a senior planning officer for the Robin Hood Foundation, is Michael R. Bloomberg’s daughter and a director at the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Michael R. Bloomberg was a donor for the Robin Hood Foundation, is Emma Bloomberg’s father and the founder of the Bloomberg Family Foundation.

Bloomberg Family Foundation was a funder for the CDC Foundation and the Aspen Institute (think tank).

CDC Foundation is a foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank) and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.