WALLER, Texas — Florida Governor Rick Scott announced an executive order mandating twice-daily health screening for all travelers returning from Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone for a period of 21 days. Scott joins other governors in calling for some type
Beyond the human tragedy of the Ebola epidemic unfolding in west Africa, the crisis is claiming a collateral victim: trust in the medical order. The biggest casualty is the reputation of the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO), which analysts fault
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA) continued his calls for a 21-day quarantine of all Ebola health workers returning to the United States in the wake of New York City receiving its first Ebola case. In an October 16 letter to President
GENEVA (Reuters) – The death toll from the Ebola epidemic rose to 4,922 out of 10,141 known cases in eight countries through Oct. 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. The three worst-hit countries of West Africa –
Hundreds of thousands of Ebola vaccine doses could be rolled out to West Africa by mid-2015, the World Health Organization said Friday, after new cases of the virus were reported in New York and a two-year-old girl died in the
NEW YORK (AP) — Alarmed by the case of an Ebola-infected New York doctor, the governors of New Jersey and New York on Friday ordered a mandatory, 21-day quarantine for all medical workers and other arriving travelers who have had
An attempt to take an Ebola-ridden nonagenarian in Sierra Leone resulted in a riot after her son, described as a “famous gangster” in local media, and friend, blockaded the ambulance, insisting she was not sick. Adamu Eze, son of Aminata
A Nigerian man collapsed in a shivering fit at Madrid airport earlier this month and was immediately quarantined by fearful staff, who had no idea several balloons of cocaine in his stomach he had carried illegally into the country had
NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case in the city and the fourth in the nation.
New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Mary Bassett reported that New York City Ebola patient Dr. Craig Spencer rode the subway in New York after he returned from Guinea at a press conference on Thursday. “We know that during the
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali reported its first case of Ebola late Thursday, marking a major setback for West African efforts to contain the deadly virus that now has affected six countries in the region and left nearly 5,000 dead.
Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy’s order to quarantine all travelers from West Africa, even if they are symptom-free of the Ebola virus, has led to nine individuals who traveled to that region being held under quarantine. An order signed by Malloy
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Thursday came up with another 24.4 million euros ($31 million) to fight Ebola, as the bloc’s leaders pressed to create a 1 billion-euro ($1.26 billion) fund to fight the deadly virus. British Prime
This week, Congressman Paul Broun (R-GA), a medical doctor, helped launch our Conservative Action Fund Ebola travel ban petition to stop flights from Ebola-ravaged African countries from entering the United States. Rep. Broun says his endorsement of the Stop
A black woman has been attacked and told to “get off the bus” on public mass-transit in Rome on Monday, as fellow travellers accused her of having Ebola and began to beat her. The woman, a 26 year-old Guinean was
The Centers for Disease Control announced it will be taking additional precautions with travelers coming from Ebola-stricken West African nations. According to the Associated Press, the state and local health officials will now be monitoring all travelers coming from Liberia,
(Reuters) – At least 4,877 people have died in the world’s worst recorded outbreak of Ebola, and at least 9,936 cases of the disease had been recorded as of Oct. 19, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, but
The lethal Ebola virus is spreading rapidly in Western Sierra Leone, and more than 20 people are dying per day as a result. Claude Kamanda, a member of parliament who represents a western district in Sierra Leone, told local newspaper
CONCORD, New Hampshire — NBC’s new Meet The Press host Chuck Todd asked incumbent Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) why she flip-flopped and now supports an Ebola travel ban at the debate she had with former Sen. Scott Brown here
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(AFP) — Two people died in a riot in Sierra Leone sparked when health workers struggling to contain the Ebola epidemic tried to take a blood sample from an elderly woman, doctors told AFP on Wednesday. A machete-wielding mob clashed
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA) described the new travel restrictions the Obama administration announced for travelers originating in Ebola-stricken countries as “nothing of the sort.” “With no vaccine or cure, we are facing down a disease for
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) argued that new restrictions requiring individuals coming to the US from Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia to fly into five US airports were only “hospital gown coverage” and would not “provide the protection we need” on
On Tuesday, Rwanda announced all visitors from United States and Spain will be screened for Ebola. The new system was implemented just a few days after a New Jersey school banned two students from Ebola-free Rwanda. “On October 19, the
House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) said more still needs to be done to protect Americans from Ebola after the Department of Homeland Security announced a slight change in traveling protocol from Ebola-affected countries Tuesday. “I’m glad that the Obama
President Barack Obama’s administration is beginning to crack on travel restrictions from Ebola-stricken countries. While not a full travel ban, the Department of Homeland Security has announced partial travel restrictions that will go into effect Wednesday morning. “Today, as part
British foreign secretary Philip Hammond has criticised the lack of investment from other European nations into the planned £800 million Ebola fund, of which Britain has contributed almost a third of the total so far. So far responsibility for aid
“We need to STOP announcing fake deaths numbers,” writes the editor of the largest newspaper in Sierra Leone, Dr. Sylvia Blyden, in the Awareness Times. The paper had previously accused the government of fudging the math on the Ebola death
DALLAS, Texas — Dallas, Texas nurse Amber Vinson continues to receive care at Emory University Hospital after contracting the deadly Ebola virus while an anonymous patient leaves the hospital, cleared of the disease and heading to an undisclosed location. The
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) plans to introduce a bill that he says would ban visa issuance to people from Ebola-stricken nations in West Africa. “While Ebola’s deadly reach has proven to be a complex and unique international challenge, the many
Like all Americans, I welcome the news that Dallas is reportedly Ebola-free weeks after a Liberian man infected with the virus came to Texas. The fact that the disease did not spread further is a testament to good luck and
Plans to ‘defeat’ Ebola with a large-scale deployment by the British army are being considered by the Chief of the General Staff, who would dispatch a brigade to lock-down former British colony Sierra Leone at least until late 2015. Ebola
Javier Limón, the husband of Spanish auxiliary nurse Teresa Romero, has released a statement in response to the news that his wife has, for the first time since contracting the virus, tested negative for Ebola. While he celebrates this milestone,
In Sierra Leone, three-year-old Ibrahim survived Ebola but lost his mother. He grew close to nurse Isata Kallon and visits her at the nursing station. Recently, he surprised her with a marriage proposal. “He said he wants me to be
ABUJA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization declared Nigeria Ebola free on Monday after a 42 day period with no new cases, in a success story with lessons for countries still struggling to contain the deadly virus. “This is a
European foreign ministers gather in Luxembourg Monday to try and formalise a joint EU response to combat the Ebola virus amid diplomatic warnings the crisis has reached a “tipping point”. The ministers will meet hours after it was announced that
MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in her country and has brought it to “a standstill,” noting that Liberia and two other badly hit countries were already weakened by
Michael T. Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, writes in the New York Times: The Ebola epidemic in West Africa has the potential to alter history as much as any plague has ever
On July 29, Representative Alan Grayson (D-FL) became the first member of Congress to formally call on the Obama administration to ban travel from the three countries in West Africa experiencing Ebola outbreaks. In a letter to Secretary of State
The BBC announced on October 16 that it has partnered with WhatsApp to launch an Ebola public health information service in order to provide West Africans directly with the latest public health information in order to help them combat the deadly virus’
