Louisiana Judge Temporarily Blocks Disposal Of Ebola Tainted Ash
A state judge signed an order Monday temporarily blocking ash from the incineration of a Dallas Ebola victim's belongings to be disposed of at a southwest Louisiana site.
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A state judge signed an order Monday temporarily blocking ash from the incineration of a Dallas Ebola victim's belongings to be disposed of at a southwest Louisiana site.
News that a nurse caring for the nation's first Ebola patient has now contracted the disease has other North Texas hospitals reviewing procedures and providing additional training. But, officials with Dallas' Parkland hospital say their staffers are not panicking.
One day after the Center For Disease Control confirmed Nina Pham, 26, has Ebola, her father told CBS 11 News she's "in fine spirits."
Federal health officials on Monday urged the nation's hospitals to "think Ebola" and launched a review of procedures for treating infected patients, while the World Health Organization called the outbreak "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times."
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Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell says he will take legal action to stop the incinerated personal belongings of a Dallas Ebola victim from being disposed of in a landfill in Calcasieu Parish.
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