Health Oct 29 Troops returning from Ebola mission will be quarantined for 21 days Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a recommendation by military leaders that all U.S. troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa be kept in supervised isolation for 21 days.
Nation Oct 26 The potential downside of mandatory quarantines Mandatory 21-day quarantines on health care workers returning from Ebola-ravaged West Africa, like those put in place by three states, can have the unintended consequence of discouraging them from volunteering, a top federal health official said Sunday.
Health Oct 25 Obama stresses ‘facts, not fear’ in America’s Ebola response In his weekly address, President Barack Obama stressed that the U.S. must be guided by science, not fear, in its response to Ebola. He also commended the response efforts of New York City, which saw its first case of Ebola…
Politics Oct 24 Astrologer who helped guide President Reagan’s schedule dies at 87 Nancy Reagan began consulting Quigley after the 1981 assassination attempt on her husband. She wanted to keep him from getting shot again, Nancy Reagan wrote in her 1989 memoir, "My Turn." Entertainer Merv Griffin had told her that Quigley had…
Politics Oct 24 Record amount of campaign cash overwhelms election commission A record amount of money has been spent in this election, some $4 billion. Today, in a message on its website, the Federal Election Commission, the agency responsible for reporting campaign finance data, acknowledged being “overwhelmed” by the amount of…
Health Oct 18 Obama pushes back against calls for West Africa travel ban In his weekly address on Saturday, Obama urged Americans not to succumb to hysteria about Ebola and he pushed back against calls from some lawmakers for a West Africa travel ban.
Health Oct 17 Obama names Ebola ‘czar’ WASHINGTON — Facing renewed criticism about the U.S. response to Ebola, President Barack Obama is conceding that it may make sense to have a single person lead the administration's effort. But he says imposing a travel ban from disease-ravaged West…
Politics Oct 12 Obama receives update on latest Ebola developments The White House says Obama has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to move as quickly as possible in investigating the apparent breach of infection control procedures at the Texas hospital that had treated a Liberian man with…
Health Oct 12 CDC: Protocol breach apparent in treating Dallas Ebola patient A top federal health official says the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital shows there was a clear breach of safety protocol.
Politics Oct 08 Justice Kennedy temporarily blocks gay marriage ruling for Idaho, Nevada WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday temporarily blocked an appeals court ruling that declared gay marriage legal in Idaho and Nevada.