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Friday, October 31, 2014

Ahead of Print -Gouleako and Herbert Viruses in Pigs, Republic of Korea, 2013 - Volume 20, Number 12—December 2014 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC



October 31, 2014



Ahead of Print -Gouleako and Herbert Viruses in Pigs, Republic of Korea, 2013 - Volume 20, Number 12—December 2014 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

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

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

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

This is the messy truth about Ebola - YouTube

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This is the messy truth about Ebola - YouTube

'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

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

Monday, October 13, 2014

Could experimental drug help Texas nurse? - YouTube

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Could experimental drug help Texas nurse? - YouTube

Hospital officials: Kansas City patient at risk for Ebola - KCTV5

KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) -

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

Ebola epicenter: On the ground in Monrovia, Liberia - YouTube

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Ebola epicenter: On the ground in Monrovia, Liberia - YouTube

Sunday show wrap-up: Ebola takes center stage | TheHill

Sunday show wrap-up: Ebola takes center stage | TheHill

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

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

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

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

Ahead of Print -Death Patterns during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Chile - Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

October 3, 2014



Ahead of Print -Death Patterns during the 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Chile - Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

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?

Ahead of Print -Spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 8-ST63 Multidrug-Resistant Recombinant Clone, Spain - Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC

October 3, 2014



Ahead of Print -Spread of Streptococcus pneumoniae Serotype 8-ST63 Multidrug-Resistant Recombinant Clone, Spain - Volume 20, Number 11—November 2014 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC