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WASHINGTON (AP) — Ohio members of Congress are calling on the federal government to step up assistance to state health officials as it revises safety protocols to stem the spread of Ebola.
All 16 members of Ohio's House delegation including GOP Speaker John Boehner sent a letter asking the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to provide all necessary help to determine whether Ohioans may have been exposed to Ebola.
Ebola has become a concern in Ohio after a nurse visited the Akron area shortly before she was diagnosed with the virus in Texas.
Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown has called on the CDC to send additional Ebola preparedness experts and work more actively on its next steps.
The CDC says that it plans to intensify assistance in Ohio and add personnel.
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