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The CDC predicts Congo’s Ebola outbreak may not be able to be contained
For the first time since it was identified in 1976, Ebola, a fatal viral disease, may not be able to be contained in the North Kivu province of the Congo.
World Health Organization: “Guinea Ebola Outbreak Over”
On Tuesday, December 29, 2015, The World Health Organization (WHO) made a statement declaring the Ebola outbreak in Guinea over. WHO declared that the human-to-human transmission has ended in the country because there were 42 consecutive days with zero cases since the last person with the Ebola virus disease (EVD) was confirmed. Guinea is now […]
Second Ebola patient dies in U.S.
An American doctor who was diagnosed with the Ebola virus has died. Dr. Martin Salia was flown to Nebraska from Sierra Leone over the weekend for treatment. Thomas Eric Duncan, who contracted the disease in Liberia and traveled to Dallas, died last month.
U.S. patient who died from Ebola settles with Dallas hospital
The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die of Ebola in the U.S., has reached a settlement with the hospital that treated him and admitting to making mistakes in addressing his care. Les Weisbrod, who is representing Duncan’s family, told reporters the hospital “wanted to do the right thing.”
University cancels invitation to African journalists due to Ebola fears
Officials at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg took back invitations extended to 14 African journalists due to fears of Ebola. The journalists were set to come to the campus for the annual Edward R. Murrow Visiting Journalists program.
Two Bronx boys attacked, called ‘Ebola’ due to health scare
On Friday, a group of students in New York attacked two of their peers while yelling “Ebola” at the brothers who had recently returned from Senegal. The New York Department of Education confirmed the incident occurred. The boys were pushed and shoved.
An anti-Ebola march in SW Philadelphia: “I’m a West African – not a virus.”
The following piece is from Philly. It was written by Jeff Gammage. By: Jeff Gammage Practically everyone at the march had a story about people who refused to shake hands or moved to another bus seat when they realized they were near a Liberian. “Once they hear our accent, people try to avoid us,” […]
2 patients with Ebola-like symptoms admitted to hospitals in Chicago
A child who threw up on a plane and a man with nausea who landed in Chicago were taken to hospitals as a precaution after being screened for Ebola at O’Hare International Airport. Doctors do not believe they were exposed to the virus.
World Health Organization declares Nigeria Ebola-free
The World Health Organization has declared Nigeria free of the deadly Ebola virus after a determined doctor and thousands of officials helped end the outbreak that is still wreaking havoc on other parts of West Africa.
Second medical worker in Dallas tests positive for Ebola
A second Dallas hospital worker who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease. It is unclear how the second worker contracted the virus.
C.D.C. to dispatch response teams to hospitals with Ebola diagnosis
The director of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that the agency will dispatch response teams to hospitals in the country who have had cases of Ebola on its premises. The C.D.C. also said it plans on a more robust response to any future cases of the deadly disease.
Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan succumbs to virus
Thomas Eric Duncan, the lone man diagnosed with Ebola who traveled to the U.S. from Liberia, died Wednesday morning at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. He had been in critical condition after being diagnosed with Ebola in mid-September.