Oct 30 Watch Doctors face tough treatment choices in the midst of the Ebola crisis By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 30 Watch News Wrap: Burkina Faso declares state of emergency By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, protesters in Burkina Faso stormed the parliament and set it on fire to protest the rule of its president, who has been in power for 27 years. Also, the U.S. economy continued to make solid… Continue watching
Oct 30 How to help Ebola relief efforts By Larisa Epatko This year’s Ebola outbreak is the worst of its kind with more than 13,000 confirmed or suspected infections and nearly 5,000 deaths. Here's how you can help. Continue reading
Oct 30 Do quarantines actually work? Experts question effectiveness By Erica Werner, Associated Press The Spanish flu pandemic a century ago prompted the last large-scale quarantines in this country. Now the Ebola outbreak is raising new questions about whether ordering quarantines is an effective way to fight deadly disease in the U.S. Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch News Wrap: WHO reports Ebola deaths may be slowing By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the World Health Organization reported that Ebola fatalities remain at just under 5,000, though the total number of cases now top 13,700. Also, an American nurse who returned recently from Sierra Leone vowed to challenge… Continue watching
Oct 29 California orders 21-day quarantine on travelers from Ebola-afflicted countries By Joshua Barajas Passengers who arrive in California from an Ebola-stricken West African country and have had contact with an infected patient will face a 21-day quarantine, state health officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 29 Troops returning from Ebola mission will be quarantined for 21 days By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 29 5 everyday items that are helping in the fight against Ebola By Larisa Epatko We’ve heard about robots and air-conditioned spacesuits as some potential tools to help in Ebola prevention efforts. Here are five ordinary things that are helping today. Continue reading
Oct 28 Watch This Halloween, are the cocoa markets spooked by Ebola? By PBS News Hour The devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa has also had an economic toll for the region, which is home to most of the world's cocoa production. In the U.S., chocolate prices are rising. But is it because there has been… Continue watching
Oct 28 Watch News Wrap: Obama warns against quarantine policies that could hamper Ebola fight By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama urged states not to institute quarantine rules that might undermine efforts to help stop the spread of Ebola. Meanwhile, another Dallas nurse was declared free of the disease. Also, thousands of Canadian mourners… Continue watching