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CDC director: We’re ‘nowhere near out of the woods’ on Ebola
Hospital officials in Omaha, Nebraska, are preparing to treat a surgeon who was reportedly infected with the Ebola virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone, where the outbreak continues to be dire. In Liberia, infections rates seem to be slowing, but cases have emerged in Mali. Jeffrey Brown ge
CDC allowed Ebola-infected nurse to travel on Frontier
The second Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola shouldn’t have traveled on a commercial flight, said CDC director Tom Frieden. But the CDC has now confirmed that it gave Amber Vinson permission to return to Dallas by air after making a trip to Ohio.
Second nurse gets Ebola, flies on Frontier Airlines flight from Ohio to Texas
A second nurse who has contracted Ebola after treating deceased Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, flew on a commercial flight from Cleveland to Dallas after developing a slight fever. According to the director of the CDC, Dr. Tom Friedan, Amber Joy vinson should not have been flying.
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Frontier Airlines plane carried 2nd US Ebola patient from Cleveland to Dallas
Frontier Airlines plane carried 2nd US Ebola patient from Cleveland to Dallas
Passengers sat three feet from Ebola patient
Two men who sat near Ebola patient Amber Vinson on a plane decided to self-quarantine.
Obama Fights Ebola’s Political Fallout
The fear of Ebola has become a political factor in the United States, where President Barack Obama’s Democratic Party is fighting to retain control of the Senate in congressional elections next month. VOA White House correspondent Luis Ramirez reports the one fatality from Ebola on U.S. soil and t
What does the Ebola czar need to do?
Ron Klain, the president’s pick to coordinate the Ebola response, has been criticized for not having a background in public health. To assess the challenges and criticism facing Klain, Judy Woodruff talks to Pamela Cipriano of the American Nurses Association and Dr. Amesh Adalja of the Infectious
Dallas lab worker quarantined on cruise ship
A Dallas hospital worker is quarantined on a cruise ship after possible contact with Ebola lab samples.
Hospitals preparing to deal with Ebola patients
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CDC Confirms Dallas Woman Positive for Ebola
The CDC confirmed Sunday that a healthcare worker in Dallas tested positive for Ebola, the first contracted case in the U.S. They said the cause might be from a breach in protocol by staff, while nurses say it’s about a lack of proper training. (Oct. 12)
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First Ebola patient in the US dies
A Spanish nurse, the 1st person to contract Ebola in Europe, has said she is slowly feeling better and is being held in quarantine at a hospital in Madrid.
Patient In DC Quarantined Over Ebola Concerns
This is the second reported case in the United States. CBS 2’s Marlie Hall has more.
How Ebola is spread
A Dallas’ hospital reaction to an Ebola patient has other hospitals being more cautious.
Are Ebola screening measures ineffective?
Why was Ebola patient Duncan initially turned away from the hospital even though he had symptoms of the disease? Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Stephan Morris of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about lessons from the handling of the first case of the disease in the U.S.
Staying on high alert for Ebola symptoms in NYC
Emergency rooms in New York City are taking every precaution to identify potential Ebola patients. But their level of vigilance is nothing new in a city that has seen it all. Dr. Jon LaPook reports.