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| Amid Assurances on Ebola, Obama Is Said to Seethe WASHINGTON — Beneath the calming reassurance that President Obama has repeatedly offered during the Ebola crisis, there is a deepening frustration, even anger, with how the government has handled key elements of the response. Those frustrations ... | |
| Ebola in America: Who's Being Watched Most Closely Three people have been diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, and five others infected in the West Africa outbreak have been treated here. But health authorities have cast a far wider net as they keep an eye on dozens of others for symptoms. On Friday ... | |
| Obama names Ebola 'czar' as West Africa death toll rises WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola "czar" on Friday as the global death toll from the disease that has ravaged three West African countries rose to more than 4,500. Amid growing ... | |
| Ebola nurse Pham in 'fair condition' at DC-area hospital Nina Pham, the first nurse to test positive for Ebola at a Dallas hospital, was listed in "fair" condition Friday and "resting comfortably" at a state-of-the-art facility at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland where she was transferred just before midnight. | |
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| Woman who fell ill near Pentagon does not have Ebola A woman who caused concern near the Pentagon and a four-hour quarantine on a bus in the District does not have Ebola, Arlington and Fairfax County officials confirmed on Friday. The woman vomited in a parking lot at the Pentagon at about 9:15 a.m., and ... | |
| CDC to Call for New Ebola Protections for Medical Workers U.S. health officials will issue stricter Ebola guidelines to protect the nation's medical workers after two caregivers were infected in Dallas while treating a patient who later died from the disease. The recommendations, which may be released as early as today, ... | |
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| With Ebola scare, cruise industry is in rough waters again With a series of embarrassing accidents in its wake, the $37.1-billion cruise industry was looking forward to a strong booking season this winter. Instead, cruise operators are facing the same crisis that has shaken the airline industry: Ebola. Mexican authorities ... | |
| Hospital Worker Who Handled Ebola Samples Is on Cruise Ship A Dallas health care worker who handled clinical specimens from an Ebola-infected patient is on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, with the worker self-quarantined and being monitored for signs of infection, the State Department said in a statement. | |
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| Fight to stop Ebola being lost, World Bank warns The World Bank warned on Friday the fight to stop Ebola was being lost, as the UN pleaded for more money to combat the escalating epidemic and global travel fears mounted. As the death toll from the world's worst-ever outbreak of the virus shot past 4,500, ... | |
| Office-Based PCPs Talk Ebola Preparedness Infectious Disease. Office-Based PCPs Talk Ebola Preparedness. Published: Oct 17, 2014. By Sarah Wickline Wallan, Staff Writer, MedPage Today. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. Primary Care Office in NYC. Ebola preparedness "is a rapidly ... | |
| UK's Cameron Calls on Europe to Step Up Ebola Fight The RFA Argus hospital ship leaving England on Friday en route to Sierra Leone to treat Ebola patients. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images. LONDON–U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron has called on other European countries to step up efforts to combat ... | |
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| US requests production plans for Ebola drug ZMapp NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. officials have asked three advanced biology laboratories to submit plans for producing the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp, which ran out after it was given to a handful of medical workers who contracted the disease in West Africa, ... | |
| Egg freezing perk from Apple, Facebook is creepy Photo: Deanne Fitzmaurice / SFC Apple and Facebook announced that they will start paying for elective employee egg freezing procedures. Apple and Facebook announced that they will start paying for... Egg freezing perk from Apple, Facebook is creepy. | |
| BC sets up Ebola preparedness task force The B.C. government has set up an Ebola preparedness task force to deal with the deadly disease should it surface in the province, but it insists the risk is low. "We want to reassure British Columbians that health authorities have response plans in place if a ... | |
| Nurse Pham's Quarantined Pup Remains Upbeat Bentley, the dog whose owner Dallas nurse Nina Pham was recently hospitalized for showing symptoms of Ebola, has remained upbeat during his time in quarantine. Caretakers played fetch with Bentley on Friday, whose enthusiasm for the ball was not ... | |
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| 5 Reasons Pink Needs to Fade to Black Breast Cancer Awareness Month (aka "Pinktober") has had a great run. It's done a lot of good and has heightened awareness of breast cancer to "Santa Claus" status. Who hasn't heard of Santa and Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Truly, no one. But like all ... | |
| Ebola Drug Race Ramps Up in Earnest Health-care workers prepare medicines for patients at an Ebola treatment center in Hastings near Freetown, Sierra Leone, earlier this week. There are no drugs on the market today designed specifically to treat Ebola. Associated Press. By. Peter Loftus and. | |
| Amgen to join Gates Foundation in effort to produce Ebola drug Amgen Inc. said it would work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and other groups to come up with an alternative production method for ZMapp, the promising experimental drug to treat Ebola whose supply ran out in August. lRelated Ebola: What are ... | |
| Woman Who Fell Ill Near Pentagon Found to Not Have Ebola A woman who was seen vomiting in a Pentagon parking lot and taken to a hospital earlier today on suspicion her symptoms resembled Ebola doesn't have the deadly disease, according to health officials in Virginia. After questioning medical staff and ... | |
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| UT nursing students say they are ready for Ebola American nurses are in the midst of the maelstrom in the Ebola scare, and nursing students nearing graduation clearly see what is ahead. I-35, Interstate 35, traffic · Prop. 1 vs. Prop. 1: Breaking down the transportation issues. Updated: 29 mins ago. A pair of ... | |
| 2nd Nurse with Ebola may have had worse case during flights DENVER - The president of Frontier Airlines says a nurse who was on flights between Dallas and Cleveland and who later tested positive for Ebola may have been at a more advanced stage of the illness than previously thought. Amber Joy Vinson, 29, was ... | |
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| Life with dignity: Hospice My Tuesday column is about Brittany Maynard, a 29-year-old with terminal glioblastoma who moved from the East Bay to Oregon where assisted suicide is legal. While working on the column, I talked to Dr. B. J. Miller of the Zen Hospice Center. After I talked to ... | |
| Unjustified panic over Ebola It's time to take a deep breath. Ebola is an awful disease that has tragically infected a handful of Americans. Though it deserves the full attention of our medical community — most important, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — it should not be ... | |
| Ellen DeGeneres Donates $10000 to Devon Still The 56-year-old comedian donated the money to support Devon's 4-year-old daughter who's battling neuroblastoma cancer. Tweet. Ellen DeGeneres Donates $10,000 to Devon Still. See larger image · Ellen DeGeneres donates $10,000 to Cincinnati ... | |
| Obama names Ebola 'czar', bolsters Texas response US President Barack Obama had appointed a former White House adviser as Ebola “czar'' on Friday and named officials to bolster the response to the disease in Texas, the centre of US Ebola cases, as the death toll in three West African nations topped 4,500 ... | |
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| US monitors health care worker aboard cruise ship WASHINGTON (AP) -- A cruise ship with a Dallas health care worker aboard who is being monitored for signs of Ebola did not receive clearance to dock in Cozumel, Mexico, a day after Belize refused to let the passenger leave the vessel. | |
| Experimental Treatments that Could Help Stop Ebola iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Federal officials have confirmed that medical teams have given two Ebola-infected nurses from Dallas experimental treatments to help them fight the deadly virus that has already killed 4,555 people, mainly in West Africa. | |
| US looking to boost production of experimental Ebola drug US officials have asked labs to submit plans for ramping up production of the experimental Ebola drug, Zmapp, of which supplies have run out. It successfully treated medical workers infected with the virus, but hasn't been widely tested for safety. | |
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| Second Confirmed EEE Death in New Hampshire The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) confirmed New Hampshire adult from Manchester died from Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) in mid-September. Misdiagnosis of symptoms led to complications in the man's case. | |
| World fears mount that Ebola battle being lost Geneva: The World Bank warned Friday the fight to stop Ebola was being lost, as the UN pleaded for more money to combat the escalating epidemic and global travel fears mounted. As the death toll from the world`s worst-ever outbreak of the virus shot past ... | |
| Zimbabwe should take Ebola seriously Zimbabwe has to take measures to ensure that Ebola, a viral disease that has wreaked havoc in West Africa, does not affect anyone in Zimbabwe. SATURDAY DIALOGUE WITH ROPAFADZO MAPIMHIDZE. Ebola is a highly contagious disease which can ... | |
| Ebola scare at Pentagon proves baseless The Pentagon has re-opened a building entrance after a brief Ebola scare proved baseless. The drama was prompted by a woman who vomited in an adjacent car park on Friday morning and told emergency workers she had recently visited West Africa, the ... | |
| Ohio Ebola patient's family leans on church leaders AKRON, Ohio — Amber Vinson learned that her friend Nina Pham was infected with Ebola early Sunday morning and started noticing that she, too, wasn't feeling well, a federal official said. Three days later, Vinson was diagnosed with Ebola after flying from ... | |
| Health Watch: Breast cancer awareness Wendy Wood Neeson is a family nurse practitioner at Reproductive Healthcare of the Big Horns. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time when the focus turns to health and wellness for women. In keeping with the spirit of women's health, ... | |
| Ebola and the Epidemics of the Past Just a few generations ago, progress against infectious disease convinced Americans that modern medicine had won the battle against microbes. Why is the public so skeptical today? A Brief History of Epidemics. From tuberculosis to bird flu, a look at some of ... | |
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