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NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News medical reporter Nancy Snyderman apologized on the “Today” show Wednesday for violating her quarantine for Ebola exposure, saying she failed to appreciate how frightened Americans were of the disease. It was Snyderman’s first on-air appearance in a month and a half, and she followed her talk with Matt Lauer […]

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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in his native Sierra Leone has died while being treated in a biocontainment unit at a Nebraska hospital, the facility said Monday. Nebraska Medical Center said in a news release that Dr. Martin Salia died as a result of the disease. “Dr. Salia was […]

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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A surgeon working in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown Saturday to the United States for treatment, officials from Sierra Leone and the United States said. Dr. Martin Salia was to be taken to Omaha to be treated at the Nebraska Medical Center, Sierra Leone’s […]

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As many as 18,000 nurses, who are in the midst of contract negotiations, have walked off the job and are picketing in front of Kaiser Permanente facilities in Northern California to express their concerns about patient-care standards and Ebola. With nurses holding red and yellow “strike for health and safety” picket […]

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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Thousands of people in Sierra Leone are being forced to violate Ebola quarantines to find food because deliveries are not reaching them, aid agencies said. Large swaths of the West African country have been sealed off to prevent the spread of Ebola, and within those areas many people have been ordered […]

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DALLAS (AP) — The fiancée of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan is struggling to recover after losing her future husband along with most of her personal belongings, and she says she is effectively homeless due to the lingering stigma of the virus. Louise Troh has been cleared of the deadly virus for more than a […]

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FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — Maine health officials obtained a 24-hour court order restricting Kaci Hickox’s movement after the nurse repeatedly defied the state’s quarantine for medical workers who have treated Ebola patients. A judge granted the order Thursday limiting Hickox’s travel, requiring a three-foot buffer if she encounters people, and banning her from public […]