Oklahoma Has Ebola Plan In Place
There are no cases of Ebola in Oklahoma, but emergency response plans are in place in case a person is diagnosed with the deadly virus, state health officials said Monday.
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There are no cases of Ebola in Oklahoma, but emergency response plans are in place in case a person is diagnosed with the deadly virus, state health officials said Monday.
Addressing "breach in protocol" concerns, officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas held a series of town hall meetings Monday for hospital employees.
According to officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nurse Nina Pham is clinically stable after contracting the Ebola virus while caring for the first U.S. patient Thomas Eric Duncan.
The block where the Dallas nurse infected with Ebola lives has pretty much been taken over. Needless to say the attention, cordoned off areas and traffic are all things out of the norm for the M streets neighborhood.
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."
Ever since Dallas nurse Nina Pham tested positive for Ebola there has been an outpouring of concern for not only her, but her dog. Monday Code Enforcement arrived at Pham's apartment to remove the King Charles spaniel.
A passenger flying from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport to Nashville was quarantined overnight Sunday after a medical emergency during the flight.
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.
Health officials are still working to determine how a nurse who cared for Ebola patient Thomas Duncan in Dallas contracted the deadly virus, one day after the CDC confirmed the positive test result.
A Texas congressman wants to temporarily suspend visas for West Africans wanting to come to the United States.
A health worker who wore protective gear while having extensive contact with Thomas Eric Duncan is the second confirmed case of Ebola in the U.S.
A female healthcare worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas who provided care for the first Ebola patient hospitalized there has tested positive for the virus, state and federal officials confirmed Sunday.