Ebola scare

 DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas emergency-room doctor who initially treated a Liberian man infected with Ebola said he didn’t know the man’s home country or that he had a 103-degree fever shortly before he left the hospital. Thomas Eric Duncan was released in the early hours of Sept. 26, about half an hour after his medical records […]

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 […]

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 […]

NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency room doctor who was the first Ebola patient in the nation’s biggest city was scheduled to be released from a hospital after beating the virus. With Dr. Craig Spencer’s recovery, there are no Ebola patients currently under treatment in the U.S. But officials continue to monitor hundreds of people. […]

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 […]

FORT KENT, Maine (AP) — State police plan to monitor the movements and interactions of a nurse who vowed to defy the state’s quarantine for health care workers who treat Ebola patients, but troopers cannot take her into custody without a judge’s permission. State officials were seeking a court order to detain Kaci Hickox for […]

NEW YORK (AP) — State leaders in New York and New Jersey are at odds with scientists over Ebola as the states’ governors back 21-day quarantines for medical workers returning from West Africa, while the nation’s top infectious-disease expert warns that such restrictions are unnecessary and could discourage volunteers from aiding disease-ravaged countries. The two […]

Donald Trump took to Twitter to blame President Obama directly for the doctor who was recently diagnosed with Ebola in New York City. Shortly after officials confirmed Craig Spencer had tested positive for the virus after treating Ebola patients in Guinea, Africa, Trump tweeted: “Ebola has been confirmed in N.Y.C., with officials frantically trying to […]

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Johnson & Johnson will begin safety testing in early January on a vaccine combination that could protect people from a strain of the deadly Ebola virus. The health care products maker said Wednesday that the vaccine being developed by its Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies protects against an Ebola strain that is […]

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 […]

DALLAS (AP) — A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said Wednesday. The department said in the statement emailed early Wednesday and posted on its website that the […]

NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman has admitted that some members of her crew violated a voluntary quarantine to protect against Ebola, a misstep that caused New Jersey health officials to make that quarantine mandatory. NBC said Tuesday that Snyderman and her crew are taking their temperatures regularly and remain healthy. […]