Dallas nurse infected with Ebola 'in good condition'; Liberian minister in self-isolation after her driver dies of Ebola; White House defends health official overseeing U.S. Ebola response; UN worker who died of Ebola cremated in Germany.
Death rate from Ebola rises to 70%
West Africa could see up to 10,000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization said yesterday, while confirming that the death rate in the current outbreak has risen to 70 percent.
Ebola: US emergency crews rush to Boston flight as five people suffer 'flu-like' symptoms
Emergency crews wearing protective suits were seen boarding the Emirates airlines flight 273 from Dubai after it landed at Boston Logan Airport at around 2.45pm local time (7.45pm GMT). Officials confirmed five people had fallen ill during the journey but airport spokesman Matthew Brelis said: “None of the five were travelling from West Africa”.
Ebola 'could mutate into airborne virus' ministers are warned
The British government risks “being complacent” over the threat of the deadly Ebola virus to the country, a TV scientist has warned. Lord Robert Winston said Ebola could mutate into an airborne virus that is caught like a common cold during a House of Lords debate today.
Megyn Kelly Repeatedly Presses CDC Director in Firm Interview Over Ebola: ‘Why Not Put a Travel Ban in Place?’
“You admitted yourself that we’ve seen some flaws in the system, some areas that need improvement,” Kelly said. “Why not put a travel ban in place until we’ve shored up the system?”
New test to bump up diagnoses of illness in kids
For more than two months, health officials have been struggling to understand the size of a national wave of severe respiratory illnesses caused by an unusual virus... Starting Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is using a new test to help the agency process four or five times more specimens per day that it has been.
Ebola outbreak: Second Texas health worker 'tests positive'
A second health worker in the US state of Texas has tested positive for Ebola, health officials say. A 26-year-old female nurse is already receiving treatment after becoming infected by a Liberian man who died from the deadly virus last week. Meanwhile, the UN's Ebola mission chief says the world is falling behind in the race to contain the virus.
CDC urges all US hospitals to 'think Ebola'
Every US hospital must know how to diagnose Ebola in people who have been in West Africa and be ready to isolate a suspected case, the director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. "We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control," Frieden said, "because even a single infection is unacceptable".
Every US hospital must know how to diagnose Ebola in people who have been in West Africa and be ready to isolate a suspected case, the director of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday. "We have to rethink the way we address Ebola infection control," Frieden said, "because even a single infection is unacceptable".
Ebola Survivor Kent Brantly: West Africa Situation Worse Than Worst News Report, But Let's Not Fear but Help Africa
"I just want to tell everyone that yes, Ebola is a serious devastating disease and for those number of people who have been identified as contacts of an Ebola patient, they need to be monitoring themselves, they need to be cooperating with the authorities, with the CDC, and it's very serious for them, but for the rest of us we don't need to be worried," Brantly told the crowd.
"I just want to tell everyone that yes, Ebola is a serious devastating disease and for those number of people who have been identified as contacts of an Ebola patient, they need to be monitoring themselves, they need to be cooperating with the authorities, with the CDC, and it's very serious for them, but for the rest of us we don't need to be worried," Brantly told the crowd.
Ebola: Obama accused of 'facilitating terrorism'
Larry Klayman, the former Justice Department lawyer and founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has filed a civil complaint accusing President Obama and other officials of “facilitating terrorism” by refusing to cut off travel from Africa’s Ebola zones to the U.S..
Larry Klayman, the former Justice Department lawyer and founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, has filed a civil complaint accusing President Obama and other officials of “facilitating terrorism” by refusing to cut off travel from Africa’s Ebola zones to the U.S..
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