UTMB in partnership with the Texas Department of State Health services has been named one of nine hospitals to become special regional treatment centers for patients with Ebola or other severe, highly infectious diseases. Congress appropriated funds to enhance state and local public health and healthcare system preparedness following cases of Ebola in the United States stemming from the 2014 Ebola epidemic in West Africa. [Note: Paid subscription required. Contact UTMB Media Relations for details.] This news also appears in Houston Public Media, Center Watch, Becker’s Hospital Review, Foster Folly News, Time Magazine, Fox News, Infection Control Today and The Orange County Record.