Oct 22 On campus, fight Ebola panic with information By Joel Aguilar How does an off-hand comment about Ebola turn into campus-wide panic?… Continue reading
Oct 21 Watch CDC sets new protocols for health care workers and airport screenings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 21 Outgoing West Africa travelers redirected to 5 U.S. airports for Ebola screenings By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Everyone coming to the United States from the three West African countries at the center of the Ebola outbreak will now be screened for the deadly disease at one of five airports, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday. Continue reading
Oct 21 Why Ebola runs a different course in different people By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press WASHINGTON — People who shared an apartment with the country's first Ebola patient are emerging from quarantine healthy. And while Thomas Eric Duncan died and two U.S. nurses were infected caring for him, there are successes, too: A nurse infected… Continue reading
Oct 20 Watch Ambulance nurse confronts death and desperation in the heart of the Ebola epidemic By PBS News Hour In Liberia’s capital Monrovia, ambulance crews go around the city, picking up bodies as well as sick patients who have been infected with Ebola. Video journalist Ben Solomon spent three weeks shadowing a nurse for this New York Times report. Continue watching
Oct 20 Watch Dozens cleared from Ebola quarantine in Texas By PBS News Hour Dozens of people who had initial contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died of Ebola in Dallas, were deemed safe to leave quarantine after weeks of monitoring. More than 100 others, including those who cared for him,… Continue watching
Oct 20 WHO declares Nigeria free of Ebola By Justin Scuiletti The Ebola outbreak in Nigeria is offically over, the World Health Organization said Monday. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch Self-quarantined reporter: U.S. must ‘strike balance between caution and panic’ on Ebola By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 19 In face of ongoing criticism, Obama confronts Ebola head on By Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press It's an issue that President Obama can no longer push aside. This past week's jarring Ebola developments have put a spotlight on the president's management skills just as he was earning praise for acting militarily against Islamic militants. Continue reading
Oct 18 Obama pushes back against calls for West Africa travel ban By Associated Press 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. Continue reading