Was CDC Too Quick To Blame Dallas Nurses In Care Of Ebola Patient?
It was initially implied that nurses made many of the errors in the handling of Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan. Further scrutiny shows they were not at fault.
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CDC Announces New Guidelines For Health Care Workers Treating Ebola Patients
The new guidelines call for a site supervisor, who makes sure healthcare workers put on and remove their personal protective equipment correctly.
Lessons From Ebola School: How To Draw Blood, Wipe Up Vomit
Think of the routine jobs health workers do in a hospital: Sticking a needle in a patient's arm. Cleaning up vomit. Escorting a patient to a bed. Now imagine doing those tasks for someone with Ebola.
Ebola Evacuees: Who Are They, Where'd They Go, How'd They Fare?
They caught the virus. Or had contact with a patient that put them at high risk. And they were flown out of West Africa for treatment — at a cost as high as $200,000 per person.
CDC: Second Dallas Nurse 'Should Not Have Traveled'
Amber Vinson, who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Dallas hospital and has tested positive for Ebola, was on a commercial flight from Cleveland to Dallas a day before reporting symptoms.
Ebola Screening At JFK Airport Flagged 91 Travelers; None Had Virus
In the wake of the first case of Ebola being contracted in the U.S., CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden discusses plans to stop the disease and apologizes for an implication some saw in his remarks Sunday.
Ebola Deaths Top 4,000; Screening Begins At New York's JFK Airport
The screening procedure will include passengers having their temperature taken with non-contact thermometers and answering questions to determine their potential exposure.
Why One Public Health Expert Thinks Airport Ebola Screening Won't Work
The U.S. will soon set up screening procedures, according to the CDC. But one expert questions the usefulness of screens. And history backs him up.
Dallas Ebola Case: Experts Say 9 People At Highest Risk Of Contact
Health experts are "fairly certain" that nine people had enough direct contact with an Ebola patient that they could potentially have been infected. None of them have shown symptoms, the CDC says.
Dallas Health Officials Lower Ebola 'Contact Traces' To 50
A doctor at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas says the list of "contact traces" has been narrowed and that "will be followed on a daily basis" to check for symptoms.