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Fox News
Workers at Dallas hospital were initially asked to self-monitor for signs of Ebola ...
Healthcare workers at the Dallas hospital where Ebola patient Thomas Duncan was treated for the deadly virus were asked to asked to self-monitor for symptoms and let someone one know if they felt sick, according to a published report. According to the ...
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Reuters
Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States and more than 100 people being monitored in case they are infected, President Barack Obama said Saturday that Americans "can't give in to hysteria or fear" about the ...
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Reuters
Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola: Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With three cases of Ebola diagnosed in the United States but more than 100 people being monitored in case they contract the disease, President Barack Obama urged Americans on Saturday not to give in to "hysteria" about the ...
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CNN
Ebola fears: Airline contacts 800 passengers; Belize blocks travel
CNN
(CNN) -- Take no chances. Leave no stone unturned. Fueled by Ebola fears, these common axioms are driving policy and action -- at times to hefty measures. This week, a Central American country closed its borders to anyone who has been anywhere near ...
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Wall Street Journal
Dallas Exporting New Ebola Cases Biocontainment Centers
New Ebola patients in Dallas will be transferred to three top infectious-disease centers in the U.S., a Texas official said yesterday. The new treatment strategy follows national scrutiny of cases at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, a Dallas facility that has ...
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Fox News
'We can't give in to hysteria,' Obama says of Ebola fears
Trying to calm an increasingly alarmed public, President Obama on Saturday urged Americans to keep the Texas Ebola cases “in perspective,” as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepared new guidelines for healthcare workers who might ...
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Foreign Policy
Obama: 'We can't give in to hysteria or fear' of Ebola
President Obama on Saturday sought to tamp down fears of an Ebola outbreak and defend his administration from Republican critics who have called for a more aggressive response to the disease, including sealing off U.S. borders to visitors from countries ...
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Wall Street Journal
Ebola Unease Hangs over Dallas
Men in Hazmat suits clean the station where a person became sick at a DART train station in Dallas Saturday. European Pressphoto Agency. DALLAS—As the monitoring period winds down for some people exposed to a Liberian man who died of Ebola, local ...
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WFAA
DART: Woman ill at train station not on Ebola list
Officials say that a woman who fell ill at the DART White Rock Station Saturday afternoon is not known to be a part of any Ebola watch list. Loading… Post to Facebook. DART: Woman ill at train station not on Ebola list Officials say that a woman who fell ill at ...
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New York Times
Family exposed to Ebola victim ready to put 21 days of isolation behind them
On Monday, after 21 days in isolation in their 2-bedroom apartment in Dallas, Aaron Yah, Youngor Jallah and their four children will no longer have their temperature taken every day by local and federal health officials. Finally, their long Ebola nightmare will ...
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New York Daily News
Family mourns Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan as President Obama reiterates ...
The Liberian man who became the first Ebola fatality in the U.S. was tearfully lionized Saturday as the disease that killed him infected two new regions of West Africa. Thomas Eric Duncan, aka Patient Zero, was remembered as a kind and generous soul who ...
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New York Daily News
Canadian-made experimental Ebola vaccine to begin clinical trials, could be ...
Canada's set to send its experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organization, marking the first step toward clinically testing and possibly approving the drug. The country will ship about 800 vials of the untested vaccine VSV-EBOV to Geneva Monday, ...
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ABC News
Coast Guard Gets Blood Samples From Health Care Worker Quarantined on Ship
A Coast Guard helicopter met a cruise ship in the Caribbean today to collect a blood sample today from the Dallas health care worker who handled clinical specimens from an Ebola-infected patient and is on board the boat, which is scheduled to dock Sunday ...
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New York Daily News
U.S. handling of Ebola exposes our fears and flaws, says ER doctor who faced ...
Nearly six months ago, I was working in the urgent care section of our emergency room, where patients with the most minor ailments are sent. The charts were piling up, and I looked through them quickly. There, nestled among the sore throats and the chronic ...
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Fox News
Ethiopia's Gebru Wins Beijing Marathon Amid 'Hazardous' Smog
Girmay Birhanu Gebru of Ethiopia won the Beijing Marathon as about 30,000 runners from 55 countries were warned of hazardous haze engulfing the city. Gebru completed the race in 2 hours, 10 minutes and 42 seconds, the official Xinhua News Agency ...
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Newsweek
President Obama urges nation to keep Ebola cases 'in perspective'
DALLAS — Trying to calm an increasingly alarmed public, President Obama on Saturday urged Americans to keep the Texas Ebola cases “in perspective,” as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention prepared new guidelines for health care workers ...
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Dallas Morning News
14 more clear Ebola watch period in Dallas County
Emergency personnel responded to a sick woman Saturday at the DART White Rock Station. Officials said the woman is not at risk for Ebola. By JULIE FANCHER. JULIE FANCHER The Dallas Morning News. Staff Writer. jfancher@dallasnews.com.
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CBC.ca
Ebola travel ban could make things worse, says Obama
CBC News is dedicating a special day of coverage to the Ebola crisis on Tuesday. On radio, television and online, we'll explore the facts behind Ebola and answer questions. Be part of the conversation Tuesday by using #ebolafacts on social media or by ...
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ABC News
Chopper Lands for Blood Sample in Ebola Cruise Scare
A helicopter landed aboard a cruise ship Saturday to pick up a blood sample from a passenger who may have handled fluids from an Ebola patient, ahead of the Carnival Magic's planned docking at Galveston, Texas, Sunday. Carnival said Texas health ...
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SFGate
Beijing marathoners don face masks to battle smog
Photo: Andy Wong, AP A runner, wearing a mask to protect herself from pollutants, looks at her smartphone as she and others jog past Chang'an Avenue near Tiananmen Square shrouded in haze at the start of 2014 Beijing International Marathon in Beijing, ...
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New York Daily News
Obama must institute travel ban on stricken West African countries amid Ebola ...
The Obama administration must immediately institute a ban on individuals from West African Ebola-stricken countries from traveling to the United States. The death of Thomas Duncan and subsequent infection of two nurses within the U.S. raises serious ...
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Fox News
Beijing Marathon runners wear masks to combat smog from pollution
October 19, 2014: Runners wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants jog past Chang'an Avenue near Tiananmen Square shrouded in haze while taking part in the 2014 Beijing International Marathon. (AP Photo/Andy Wong). BEIJING – Despite ...
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Reuters
GSK says Ebola vaccine development progressing at "unprecedented rate"
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Saturday work to develop a vaccine to combat Ebola, which has killed thousands in West Africa, was moving at a rapid pace. "Development of the vaccine candidate is progressing at ...
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Detroit Free Press
More than 100 monitored for Ebola symptoms
The stepfather of the Dallas nurse is quarantined in his home in the Akron suburb of Tallmadge, where she stayed during her visit. Loading… Post to Facebook. More than 100 monitored for Ebola symptoms in Ohio The stepfather of the Dallas nurse is ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Why America isn't banning travel from West Africa
To many Americans it seems obvious how to stop Ebola reaching their shores – ban travel from the countries worst affected. So why isn't it happening? *It would stop aid workers and supplies getting to and from West Africa ...*. Opponents of a ban say it's ...
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Fox News
More than 100 monitored for Ebola symptoms in Ohio
Oct. 15, 2014: The Frontier Airlines plane that Amber Vinson flew from Cleveland to Dallas on Monday, taxies away from the terminal at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland. (AP). AKRON, Ohio – Health officials in Ohio are monitoring more ...
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Daily Mail
Number of people under observation for Ebola in Ohio jumps from 16 to 100 ...
Health officials in Ohio are monitoring more than 100 people following the visit by a Dallas nurse who tested positive for Ebola shortly after returning to Texas from the Cleveland area. Officials stressed Saturday that none of those being monitored are sick.
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NBCNews.com
Beyond Brittany: Assisted Suicides Happen in Every State, Insiders Say
Far from the global glare on Brittany Maynard, physicians across America are risking prison by covertly helping terminally ill people end their lives via lethal overdoses, asserts a leading “death-with-dignity” advocate. In the 45 states where physician-assisted ...
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Boston Globe
For those caught in Ebola scare, a life in quarantine
DALLAS — The refrigerator in Youngor Jallah's small apartment broke down last week, and it did not take long for the stench of rotting food to grow unbearable. But when she reported the problem to the front office, the complex's manager said that a ...
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Reuters
Sick woman at Dallas train station not on Ebola watchlist: official
(Reuters) - A Dallas bus and train station was closed on Saturday after a report that a woman fell ill at the facility, but the transit authority denied an earlier report that the woman had been on a watchlist for possible exposure to Ebola. The woman exited a ...
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Toronto Star
Canada to Ship Experimental Ebola Vaccine to World Health Organization
Scientists at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg, Canada, have prepared an experimental Ebola vaccine for shipment to the World Health Organization, in Geneva, for distribution in African nations stricken by the virus. Reuters. By. Nirmala Menon.
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Wall Street Journal
Americans 'can't give in to hysteria or fear' over Ebola -Obama
... * More than 100 being monitored in case they are infected. * Obama says sealing off West Africa would make situation worse. * GlaxoSmithKline says work on developing vaccine moving rapidly. * Canada to ship vials of experimental vaccine to WHO (.).
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SFGate
Coast Guard picks up blood sample from cruise ship
Photo: Angel Castellanos, AP FILE - The cruise ship Carnival Magic passes near Cozumel , Mexico, in this Friday, Oct. 17, 2014 file photo. The Coast Guard said it has retrieved a blood sample from a Dallas health care worker who is aboard a cruise ship and ...
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USA TODAY
Ebola to dominate Sunday talk shows
WASHINGTON — The Sunday network shows will focus on Ebola with Anthony Fauci, who leads the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases appearing on all the major talk fests. The deadly virus has unnerved the nation with the infection of two ...
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Times of San Diego
Olympian, CSUSM Coach Steve Scott Battling Cancer
Scripps Proton Therapy Center, where Scott is seeking treatment. Photo courtesy Scripps Proton Therapy Center. Three-time Olympian and Cal State San Marcos cross-country and track coach Steve Scott announced Saturday that he is undergoing proton ...
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Fox News
Ohio Bans International Travel For Residents Being Monitored for Ebola
Ohio residents who are self-monitoring for symptoms of the Ebola virus must also undergo daily appointments with a health department official, according to the state's new mandates. Ohio instituted the ban on international travel for those being monitored ...
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Dallas Morning News
20000-plus unite to fight breast cancer at Dallas Race for the Cure
Pink positive: Members of Di'Lolas Team were an eye-catching bunch at the start of the Race for the Cure on Saturday at NorthPark Center. 1, of, 2, Next Image. By TAYLOR DANSER. TAYLOR DANSER The Dallas Morning News. Staff Writer.
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NDTV
Life in Quarantine: 21 Days of Fear and Loathing
Dallas, Texas: The refrigerator in Youngor Jallah's small apartment broke down last week, and it did not take long for the stench of rotting food to grow unbearable. But when she reported the problem to the front office, the complex's manager said that a ...
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MiamiHerald.com
Coast Guard picks up Dallas health worker's blood sample from cruise ship
GALVESTON — A blood sample taken from a Dallas health care worker who is aboard a cruise ship and being monitored for signs of Ebola was retrieved by the Coast Guard, officials said early Sunday. Petty Officer Andy Kendrick told The Associated Press ...
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5thRound.com
UFC star is the ultimate neighbour
CHRIS Weidman is living up to his “All American” nickname. The UFC middleweight champion has revealed he saved the life of a 94 year old neighbour who was bleeding to death after badly cutting herself on a glass table. Weidman told mmafighting.com he ...
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Beta Wired
Teenagers avoid soda if it means they need to walk five miles to burn off calories ...
3 A new research from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health says that teenagers tend to walk away from buying a soda once they see a sign about how to burn it off. Furthermore, the study concludes that teens who saw a sign that ...
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Financial Post
Ebola having 'minor bearing' on cocoa output
The International Cocoa Organisation on Friday said the Ebola epidemic is only having a "minor bearing" on output of the key chocolate ingredient as the countries affected are small producers. Cocoa prices rose sharply because of fears the outbreak could ...
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New York Daily News
PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins
Infectious Disease. PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins. Published: Oct 18, 2014. By Rick Lange, MD, and Elizabeth Tracey , Johns Hopkins Medicine. save. |. A. A. Post Test Complete · Take Posttest. PodMed is a weekly podcast from ...
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WallStreet OTC
Eastern Equine Encephalitis claims second life New Hampshire
Sleeping sickness or Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE) has claimed live of another person in New Hampshire, taking the death toll to two in the state this season. The person died by the arbovirus spread by the mosquito in mid-September, confirmed the New ...
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KETK
Ebola victim's pet "Bentley the dog" also under quarantine
(CNN) — Nina Pham, the Dallas Nurse who was infected with the Ebola virus earlier this month, has a pet dog named Bentley who is also currently under quarantine. Bentley the dog is currently under the watch of the Texas A&M Emergency Response ...
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WCPO
116 being monitored in Ohio for Ebola symptoms
A total of 116 people are being monitored for Ebola symptoms in Ohio following the visit from a Dallas nurse who treated the first patient to die of the virus in the United States and later tested positive herself, health officials said Saturday. None of those being ...
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CBC.ca
Canada will send experimental Ebola vaccine to WHO
SummaryThe Canadian government said that it will start shipping its experimental Ebola vaccine to the World Health Organisation... Related Articles. '50 million people in India have diabetes'Coffee linked to birth of smaller babiesCity scientists to predict ...
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Texarkana Gazette
'The only finish line is a cure'
... • Kandy Hirsch, left, pins a pink balloon to the back of Daina Stout on Saturday morning before she runs in the 2014 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure at the Four States Fairgrounds. Stout was running in memory of her close friend Rebekah Moody who ...
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NDTV
GlaxoSmithKline Says Ebola Vaccine Development Progressing at ...
A British Airways airplane flies past a signage for pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in London April 22, 2014.(Reuters). London: Britain's biggest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline said on Saturday work to develop a vaccine to combat Ebola, which has ...
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New York Times
For those caught in Ebola scare, a life in quarantine
Police kept watch on a home Thursday in Tallmadge, Ohio, where Amber Joy Vinson stayed last weekend before flying to Dallas. At least seven people in Ohio are under voluntary quarantine because they had contact with Vinson, who was diagnosed with ...
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