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...]
Utah Doctor Found Guilty by Jury
A jury has convicted a doctor early Saturday of murder in the death six years ago of his wife. This brought to the end a trial that was followed closely due to the obsession in the U.S. for true-crime television with its tales of philandering, plastic surgery, family feuding, betrayal and snitches at the local jailhouse. Martin MacNeill had been accused of knocking out his wife Michele MacNeill … [Read more...]