Golden Triangle hospitals react to Ebola
Officials with the Mississippi Department of Health said the flu is more of a threat to Mississippians than Ebola.
NBC’s Snyderman faces credibility issues
The quarantine against possible Ebola exposure ends this week for Dr. Nancy Snyderman, but the troubles clearly aren’t over for NBC News’ chief medical editor.
Other Editors: Ebola virus is a threat we can handle
Given the degree and ease of international travel, it was probably inevitable that the Ebola virus would reach the United States from West Africa.
GOP turns to Ebola fears in campaign drive
Republicans are tapping into Americans’ fears about Ebola in their latest attacks on the competence of the Obama administration, adding a darker and more emotional edge to their main argument of the 2014 elections.
Michael Gerson: Ebola challenges America’s ability to adapt
In any health care setting, it is wise to listen to the nurses, who see all. Their reports from Dallas about the initial procedures used in treating Thomas Eric Duncan are appalling.
Obama weighs Ebola czar; Texas toughens monitoring
Facing renewed criticism about the U.S. response to Ebola, President Barack Obama is conceding that it may make sense to have a single person lead the administration’s effort.
University knocks down tweet that Ebola airborne
University of Minnesota officials are knocking down a tweet claiming its researchers say Ebola is airborne.
Too soon? How about not at all for Ebola Halloween
No holiday screams pop culture controversy quite like Halloween.
University Medical reworking Ebola response plan
“We found the initial training we were doing was woefully inadequate.”
Nurses in safety gear got Ebola, why wouldn’t you?
How come nurses wearing protective gear can catch Ebola from a patient?
Modest response by donors thus far to crisis
Individual Americans, rich or not, donated generously in response to many recent international disasters.
Texas department: Second person tests positive for Ebola
A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease.
Dallas nurses cite sloppy hospital conditions in Ebola care
A Liberian Ebola patient was left in an open area of a Dallas emergency room for hours, and the nurses treating him worked for days without proper protective gear.
Health officials urge hospitals to ‘think Ebola’
Federal health officials on Monday urged the nation’s hospitals to “think Ebola” and launched a review of procedures for treating patients.
Health care worker catches Ebola from man who died
Health officials are intensifying the monitoring of hospital workers who provided care to the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. after one of them was infected with the virus despite wearing protective gear.
Dallas Ebola patient displayed symptoms at first ER visit
The man said he’d recently traveled from West Africa, was in severe pain — rating it an eight on a scale of 10 — and had a fever that spiked to 103 degrees, enough to be flagged with an exclamation point in the hospital’s record-keeping system.
Georgia prisoner accused of lying about possible Ebola infection
Prosecutors have accused a prisoner in Georgia of lying about potentially getting Ebola while traveling in Africa, a claim that triggered an emergency response at an Atlanta area jail and hospital.
Ebola screening measures rest on federal law
The Obama administration’s plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authority that would almost certainly stand up in court if challenged, public health experts say.
Froma Harrop: Ebola and the 41 million uninsured Americans
With the first diagnosed case of the deadly Ebola virus in the United States located in Dallas, Texans are understandably alarmed.
Texas deputy treated out of ‘abundance of caution’
A sheriff’s deputy who went into the apartment where the Dallas Ebola patient stayed was hospitalized out of an “abundance of caution” after falling ill Wednesday, officials said.