Anthony Fauci ’62, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has been the go-to expert for many national news outlets since the Ebola virus outbreak started. Just this week, he warned against "draconian" requirements for health care workers returning from West Africa. "I don't want to be directly criticizing the decision that was made but we have to be careful that there aren't unintended consequences," Fauci told NBC News about the 21-day mandatory quarantines instituted at airports in New York and New Jersey. He also told ABC News he would not have supported the quarantine had he been consulted about the decision.
On Tuesday, Jim Collins ’87 told the Boston Herald, he developed a prototype Ebola test that could detect the virus in 30 minutes and cost less than $1 to reproduce. A professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Collins said he and his team created the test in 12 hours, using just $20 of materials. “We’re keen to see if we can move the technology out into the field to address the (Ebola) crisis,” Collins said.
Related News
- Alumni Success Story: Anthony Fauci '62
- Alumni Success Story: Jim Collins '87
Selected News Coverage
- Newsweek, Oct. 28: New Pocket-Sized Blotter Test Can Detect Ebola Strains in Just 30 Minutes
- USA Today, Oct. 27: White House working on new Ebola guidelines
- NBC Nightly News with Brian William, Oct. 1: Why Dr. Fauci Says Ebola Will Be 'Contained' in the U.S.
This “Holy Cross in the News” item by Cristal Steuer.
