Perry Calls For Travel Ban Due To Ebola
Gov. Rick Perry on Friday joined calls for an air travel ban from countries hit hardest by Ebola, saying that air travel is how Ebola crosses borders and how it arrived in Texas.
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Gov. Rick Perry on Friday joined calls for an air travel ban from countries hit hardest by Ebola, saying that air travel is how Ebola crosses borders and how it arrived in Texas.
Ebola patient Nina Pham is now in fair and stable condition in Maryland after being transferred out of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas late Thursday night.
Obama has been under pressure to name an Ebola "czar" to oversee health security in the U.S. and actions to help stem the outbreak in West Africa.
People across the country continue to criticize Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas for how it handled the Ebola virus.
Many school districts across North Texas are doing their part to keep Ebola off of their campuses.
Gov. Rick Perry is to discussing the state's Ebola prevention efforts with the media after cutting a European trip short to lead that response.
A health care worker who may have handled an Ebola patient's fluid specimens at a hospital in Dallas is now quarantined with her husband on a cruise ship near Belize.
A hospital in Atlanta is doing everything it can to save Dallas nurse Amber Vinson. Emory University Hospital has a great track record of successfully treating Ebola patients and keeping its staff safe.
Taylor Cole is so concerned about his health, he would only do an interview on Skype. On Monday, he was on the same flight to Dallas as Amber Vinson, the second healthcare worker who contracted Ebola.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is now on the defense; defending their actions after the National Nurses United Union called them out for putting the health and safety of staff members in danger.
Officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas have moved nurse Nina Pham. The 26-year-old is being transferred to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
Instead of declaring an emergency disaster Dallas leaders took no action and will rely on individuals potentially exposed to Ebola to adhere to self-monitoring guidelines and avoid public transportation.
The charter company that transported Dallas Ebola patient Amber Joy Vinson to Atlanta has now explained the presence of an individual seen in plain clothes on Wednesday.
CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden testified that, despite the latest incidents, "we remain confident that our public health and health care systems can prevent an Ebola outbreak."
The fiancee of Thomas Duncan says the hospital who treated him for Ebola has apologized for his death.