Several Ohio and Texas schools have been shut by district officials on Thursday after receiving information that two students had been on the Cleveland to Dallas flight with Amber Joy Vinson, the nurse infected with Ebola. Apart from the two students, a school employee may have later flown on the same aircraft. According to a statement released by the Belton Independent School District’s … [Read more...]
Dallas Nurse Infected with Ebola Virus Receives Plasma from Survivor
The Dallas nurse who was infected with Ebola after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, the first patient diagnosed with the illness in the U.S., is being treated and has received plasma transfusions from a doctor who survived the deadly virus. Nina Pham, the nurse in question, was among the over 50 staff members at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who treated Thomas Eric Duncan, medical records … [Read more...]