Oct 06 Watch Officials consider new steps to screen travelers for Ebola - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Fifth American Ebola victim returns to U.S. for treatment - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch News Wrap: Neuroscientists to share Nobel in Medicine for discovering brain's 'GPS' By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the Nobel Prize for Medicine was awarded to three neuroscientists for discovering the brain system that helps people orient themselves. Also, pro-democracy protests seemed to wane in Hong Kong. Talks have begun between the government… Continue watching
Oct 06 Spanish nurse contracts Ebola, the first case of transmission outside West Africa By Joshua Barajas A nurse in Spain has tested positive for Ebola. This is the first known case of someone contracting the virus outside of West Africa, the country's health officials said Monday. Continue reading
Oct 06 Year two enrollment poses big challenge for health care marketplaces By Julie Appleby and Anna Gorman, Kaiser Health News The second round of enrollment under the nation's Affordable Care Act promises to be tougher than the first. Many of those eager to get covered already did, including those with health conditions that had prevented them from getting insurance in… Continue reading
Oct 06 101st Airborne headed to Liberia to fight Ebola, build treatment centers By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky says his soldiers went through a two days of training with the Center for Disease Control professionals and others to learn about the Ebola threat. He says medical personnel from Fort Detrick, Maryland, will be… Continue reading
Oct 06 U.S. considers extra Ebola screening steps for passengers from infected countries By Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said "all options are being looked at." The question, Fauci told CNN, is whether "the extra level of screening is going to be worth the resources you… Continue reading
Oct 05 Anxiety rising in U.S., but expert says Ebola outbreak 'extraordinarily unlikely' By Connie Cass, Associated Press The nation's top infectious diseases expert said it's perfectly normal to feel anxious about a disease that kills so fast and is ravaging parts of West Africa. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch How can the spread of Ebola be stopped in the US? By PBS News Hour How can the spread of the Ebola virus be stopped? Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss lessons learned in the missteps made in treating Ebola patient Thomas… Continue watching
Oct 04 UPDATE: Howard University Hospital has 'ruled out' Ebola for D.C. patient By Colleen Shalby, Joshua Barajas Health officials have "ruled out" Ebola as a possible diagnosis for the patient being treated at Howard University, according to a statement issued on Saturday. Continue reading