MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The results for the patient being tested for Ebola at Methodist University Hospital came out negative Sunday evening. The patient was put in isolation after showing up to the hospital complaining of WASHINGTON — The top government infectious disease specialist warned politicians against Ebola quarantines on Sunday, saying aggressive protocols targeting all … Read more
World Vision, a Christian relief organization, is among the many humanitarian aid groups fervently working to halt the spread of Ebola in West Africa. Using relationships built through an extensive network of churches MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The results for the patient being tested for Ebola at Methodist University Hospital came out negative Sunday evening. The … Read more
ACCRA, Oct 27 (Reuters) – Governments must avoid doing anything to deter desperately needed health workers from coming to West Africa to fight Ebola, the head of the U.N. mission battling the virus said on Monday, adding that quarantine decisions must As a fresh wave of Ebola fear grips the American public, the Internet is … Read more
The new guidelines, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommend that people at high risk of developing Ebola voluntarily isolate themselves from others for 21 days. That is less stringent than recent guidelines from New York and New The new policy, which federal health officials said was an effort to strike a balance … Read more
For example, the Internet will likely soon be overflowing with nostrums, essential oils, tree bark, eye of toad and essence of newt promising to prevent or cure Ebola. The FDA and FTC should be gathering their lawyers right now to get this claptrap off The girl was loaded into a wheelbarrow to be admitted to … Read more
A patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday. The man, whose identity was not released, left The girl was loaded into a wheelbarrow to be admitted to the Ebola holding unit. Just 17, she was … Read more
Ebola will not spread through the United States like it has in West Africa. Traditional means of containing Ebola — such as isolating people who are infected with the disease and tracing the people they've come into contact with — aren't working fast enough to get ahead of the epidemic. So the question is: Will … Read more
A relief group official says Brantly is one of two American aid workers that have tested positive for the Ebola virus while working to combat an outbreak of the deadly disease at a hospital in Liberia. A spokesman said both Americans have been isolated (CNN) — The deadliest Ebola outbreak in history continues to plague … Read more
Doctors in the UK are preparing for a possible outbreak of Ebola, one of the most virulent diseases known to humankind according to the World Health Organization. NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — With news about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa ramping up, U.S. health officials are monitoring the situation closely and said the risk of … Read more
People with Ebola are treated with only general therapies meant to support the ill patient. They might be given fluids (Ebola patients are frequently dehydrated), or treatments aimed at maintaining blood pressure and oxygen levels, and treating A second American aid worker in Liberia has tested positive for Ebola, according to the Christian humanitarian group … Read more