Ebola in Dallas
DALLAS (AP) — A hospital operator denied allegations of poor training and improper preparation in seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by a nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for the first U.S. patient to succumb to the deadly disease. Texas Health Resources filed a response Friday to the March 2 lawsuit by nurse Nina Pham, […]
The Dallas nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola is requesting refunds from the Ohio bridal shop she visited, but the store says the reimbursements aren’t feasible because her condition forced it to temporarily close and lose significant business. Amber Vinson’s Dallas attorney asked that Coming Attractions Bridal & Formal refund $480 in dress payments by […]
DALLAS (AP) — The hospital that treated the only Ebola patient to die in the United States will pay his relatives an undisclosed sum and create a charitable foundation in his name, the family’s attorney said Wednesday. The agreement heads off a potential lawsuit from relatives of Thomas Eric Duncan, who died Oct. 8 at […]
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 […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being infected by her dying patient was released Tuesday from a hospital isolation unit, where doctors defended her as a courageous front-line caregiver. Another nurse, held for days in a medical tent in New Jersey after volunteering in West Africa, was […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A Dallas nurse who was being treated for Ebola will attend a Tuesday news conference discussing her discharge from an Atlanta hospital after tests showed she’s virus-free. Amber Vinson, 29, was to be present at the news conference scheduled for 1 p.m. and would make a statement, a news release from Emory […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas (AP) — Taking inspiration from the fear of Ebola, a Dallas-area man has stacked up barrels marked “biohazard,” surrounded his yard with yellow caution tape and crossed his door and windows with white tape marked “quarantine.” “There’s negative people everywhere and they are going to give me grief about it but it’s […]
There’s good news for Amber Vinson, the Dallas nurse who had been diagnosed with Ebola. Wednesday evening, her family announced that Vinson is apparently free of the deadly Ebola virus. “We are overjoyed to announce that, as of [Tuesday] evening, officials at Emory University Hospital and the Centers for Disease Control are no longer able […]
Dallas nurse Amber Vinson, the second nurse from Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital to contract the deadly Ebola virus after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of the disease, may be currently battling the disease at an Atlanta hospital but her family has rallied to her defense in the medial. After contacting the CDC to make sure it […]
The New York Giants are briefing their players on the Ebola virus in advance of the team’s trip to Dallas for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys, reports ESPN. The team’s medical personnel were briefed on the disease and then provided information to the players via email this week, with instructions to contact team medical personnel […]
Three weeks before Election Day, Republicans are hoping to rally the GOP faithful and cripple President Barack Obama with a scary, one-word campaign ploy: Ebola. With news that a second health care worker who cared for an Ebola patient at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has contracted the virus, some Republicans are moving quickly […]
DALLAS (AP) — A dated yearbook picture of a smiling young woman has become the latest face of Ebola. The high school picture of Amber Joy Vinson spread across the country after the 29-year-old nurse was confirmed with the virus Wednesday. But beyond the image of her with a wide grin, tipped head and shiny […]
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