Friday, October 31, 2014
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Beating Ebola: One Company's Fight in Liberia Shows How to Do It - NBC News.com
Long before anyone suspected Ebola would cause the raging epidemic that’s killing thousands of people every month in West Africa, a woman got sick on a huge rubber tree plantation in Liberia.
What Firestone Liberia Inc. did in response to that March case is a textbook example of how to fight the virus, public health experts say.
Beating Ebola: One Company's Fight in Liberia Shows How to Do It - NBC News.com
Monday, October 20, 2014
EEUU refuerza sus protocolos contra el ébola - Univision Noticias
Se prevé la implementación de un equipo de protección “que no deje expuesta la piel” para mediar el contacto.
EEUU refuerza sus protocolos contra el ébola - Univision Noticias
EEUU refuerza sus protocolos contra el ébola - Univision Noticias
Containing Ebola Outbreak
Interview with Richard Preston
Richard Preston, "Demon in the Freezer" author, says there is hope scientist will be able to find a vaccine to battle the deadly Ebola virus but for now it is out of control in West Africa.
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000321525
Richard Preston, "Demon in the Freezer" author, says there is hope scientist will be able to find a vaccine to battle the deadly Ebola virus but for now it is out of control in West Africa.
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000321525
Friday, October 17, 2014
Wednesday, October 15, 2014
Official: If we knew, we would have sent Duncan to Emory - YouTube
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A second health care worker in Texas who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, officials say.
Official: If we knew, we would have sent Duncan to Emory - YouTube
A second health care worker in Texas who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, officials say.
Official: If we knew, we would have sent Duncan to Emory - YouTube
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
'Surge' of Ebola personnel sent to Dallas | TheHill
A “surge” of personnel and other resources has been sent to Dallas to help discover how a nurse was infected with Ebola, top health officials told President Obama during an Oval Office meeting on Monday.
The president stressed that the investigation into the second U.S. infection “should proceed as expeditiously as possible and that lessons learned should be integrated into future response plans and disseminated to hospitals and healthcare workers nationwide.” He said officials should move “as expeditiously as possible,” according to the White House.
'Surge' of Ebola personnel sent to Dallas | TheHill
The president stressed that the investigation into the second U.S. infection “should proceed as expeditiously as possible and that lessons learned should be integrated into future response plans and disseminated to hospitals and healthcare workers nationwide.” He said officials should move “as expeditiously as possible,” according to the White House.
'Surge' of Ebola personnel sent to Dallas | TheHill
Feds rethinking Ebola strategy | TheHill
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Monday said it is starting to “rethink” its Ebola strategy after the first-ever US transmission of the virus put a "relatively large" number of healthcare workers at risk.
Feds rethinking Ebola strategy | TheHill
Feds rethinking Ebola strategy | TheHill
Monday, October 13, 2014
Hospital officials: Kansas City patient at risk for Ebola - KCTV5
KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) -
Read more: http://www.kctv5.com/story/26775426/hospital-officials-kansas-city-patient-at-risk-for-ebola#ixzz3G4OjTbzn
Hospital officials: Kansas City patient at risk for Ebola - KCTV5
Hospital officials in Kansas City say a patient at risk for Ebola is in strict isolation.
Read more: http://www.kctv5.com/story/26775426/hospital-officials-kansas-city-patient-at-risk-for-ebola#ixzz3G4OjTbzn
Hospital officials: Kansas City patient at risk for Ebola - KCTV5
McCaul eyes suspension of visas from West Africa | TheHill
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said on Sunday that officials should consider suspending visas from West African nations at the center of the Ebola outbreak
McCaul eyes suspension of visas from West Africa | TheHill
McCaul eyes suspension of visas from West Africa | TheHill
McCain calls for Ebola 'czar' | TheHill
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sunday called for President Obama to nominate an Ebola "czar" to coordinate the administration’s response to the deadly virus.
“I’d like to know who’s in charge,” McCain said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
McCain calls for Ebola 'czar' | TheHill
CDC director: More Ebola cases possible | TheHill
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Sunday said more Ebola cases are possible after a healthcare worker at a Dallas hospital tested positive for the deadly virus.
CDC director: More Ebola cases possible | TheHill
CDC director: More Ebola cases possible | TheHill
Sunday, October 12, 2014
'Close to home': Neighbors of Dallas Ebola patient concerned
Many residents of a Dallas neighborhood were woken early Sunday morning by a knock on their doors from city officials handing out Ebola information pamphlets and informing them that someone who lives nearby had tested positive for Ebola. "It's one thing to be in Dallas but for it to be next door, it's like really close to home," the unidentified patient's next door neighbor, Chelsea Esposito, told NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital announced Sunday morning that a health care worker who treated Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan had tested positive for the disease. Duncan died Wednesday. The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta confirmed the health care worker tested positive for Ebola — the first known case of the virus being transmitted in the U.S.
'Close to home': Neighbors of Dallas Ebola patient concerned
'Close to home': Neighbors of Dallas Ebola patient concerned
Saturday, October 4, 2014
Two children treated for paralysis, possible enterovirus-68 in M - KCTV5
ST. LOUIS, MO (KMOV/CNN) - Doctors at St. Louis Children's Hospital are seeing children with muscle weakness or even paralysis, which is possibly related to the rare enterovirus-68.
Two children are being treated in St. Louis for a severe symptom - muscle weakness or paralysis that could be linked to EV-68.
Read more: http://www.kctv5.com/story/26704449/two-children-treated-for-paralysis-possible-enterovirus-68-in-mo#ixzz3FCp8A8kP
Two children treated for paralysis, possible enterovirus-68 in M - KCTV5
Friday, October 3, 2014
Health officials clam up about effort to contain Ebola in Texas | TheHill
Health officials are refusing to answer growing questions about their response to the first Ebola case in the United States.
Under intense questioning from reporters, officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Texas health department and the City of Dallas repeatedly declined Thursday to provide details about the steps being taken to prevent an outbreak.
Health officials clam up about effort to contain Ebola in Texas | TheHill
NBC freelancer contracts Ebola in Liberia | TheHill
An American freelance cameraman working with an NBC News crew in Liberia tested positive for Ebola on Thursday and will be flown back to the United States for treatment.
NBC News President Deborah Turness said four other NBC News employees, including Chief Medical Editor Nancy Snyderman, will be flown back the United States on a private charter plane and quarantined for 21 days out of an abundance of caution.
NBC freelancer contracts Ebola in Liberia | TheHill
¿Cómo sé que es gripe y no Ébola?
The scene that showed Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient being treated at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, was a surprise to doctors, who mistook the symptoms for a common infection and prescribed antibiotics. What signs does Ebola present at the beginning and how to clear the doubts?
¿Cómo sé que es gripe y no Ébola?
¿Cómo sé que es gripe y no Ébola?
Thursday, October 2, 2014
80 people in contact with Dallas Ebola patient, family: NBC
NBC has confirmed with the Dallas county health and human services that 80 people came into contact with the Dallas Ebola patient or his family.
Director Zachary Thompson said these 80 people were not in close contact, but they did have some kind of contact with or exposure to the patient.
80 people in contact with Dallas Ebola patient, family: NBC