Modern Healthcare noted: “The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a warning to the public after receiving consumer complaints of products being sold online claiming to prevent or treat the Ebola virus that has killed more than 1,000 people across four countries in West Africa.
The severity of the Ebola outbreak has recently led Nigeria to issue a stern warning to anyone—such as faith healers and traditional medicine practitioners—promoting Ebola cures that they risk arrest, according to reports.
Now, the FDA has come out against such scams, warning Internet vendors to correct or remove any claims or potentially face punitive action.
There are currently no vaccines or treatments for Ebola approved by the FDA. The agency recently eased safety restrictions on an experimental drug treatment produced by Vancouver-based Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, allowing the possibility for the company to begin conducting human tests of its drug, TKM-Ebola, on infected patients.”
Click here to read the full MHC article “Ebola cure scams are out there; beware, FDA warns” by Steven Ross Johnson.
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Jonathan M. Metsch, Dr.P.H., is Clinical Professor, Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; and Adjunct Professor, Baruch College ( C.U.N.Y.), Rutgers School of Public Health, and Rutgers School of Public Affairs and Administration.
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