After a nurse tested positive for the Ebola virus at the hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan had been treated, a second female health worker tested positive for the same virus. The information was confirmed on Wednesday by Texas health officials, who are now preparing for more cases. “We are preparing contingencies for more and that is a very real possibility,” Dallas County Judge, Clay … [Read more...]
U.S. Forced to Rethink Approach on Ebola CDC Says
The case of the Dallas nurse who also contracted the Ebola virus while working with the Liberian patient who developed the illness after entering the U.S. shows that health officials need to rethink how to properly address the infection and control a possible outbreak. The virus is clearly spreading beyond West Africa, top U.S. heath officials said in a Monday statement. According to Dr. Thomas … [Read more...]
Significant Concerns Raised after Texas Health Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
One of the health workers treating a Liberian patient who died of Ebola at the Texas Health Presbyterian hospital last week has tested positive for the hemorrhagic fever virus. This new case raises serious concern about the United States medical guidelines which should, in theory, stop the spread of the virus. Authorities are now investigating whether these guidelines were respected. The infected … [Read more...]
Health Officials Are Searching for the Homeless Man Exposed to U.S. Ebola Patient
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been under constant pressure, its director said on Sunday, as concerned citizens flooded the agency with hundreds of calls daily about the deadly illness that has infected a Dallas man who came back from West Africa. Authorities are now searching for a homeless man who is believed to have had contact with the Dallas Ebola patient and is currently … [Read more...]
Family of Dallas Ebola Patient Moved to Secret Location after Hazmat Team Arrives
After the family of the Ebola patient living in Dallas was quarantined due to fears that they too could have contracted the infection, authorities decided to move them to a secure location. Hazmat teams arrived and began decontaminating their home. Health officials told reporters that 10 people living in the area were considered “high risk” after they came in contact with patient zero. Forty more … [Read more...]
