Oct 13 Watch Facing isolated Ebola cases, how should U.S. boost training for health care providers? By PBS News Hour How prepared are hospitals, doctors and nurses to handle Ebola cases in the United States, and what measures should be taken to increase safety? Judy Woodruff gets an assessment from Dr. Howard Markel of the University of Michigan and Katy… Continue watching
Oct 13 Are hospitals and workers prepared to treat Ebola? By Kyla Calvert Mason While concerns about identifying, treating and containing Ebola in the U.S. are real, Dr. Howard Markel of the University of Michigan told the NewsHour this afternoon the country is well-positioned to prevent larger outbreaks. Continue reading
Oct 13 CDC training hospitals to ‘think Ebola’ after first case contracted in U.S. By News Desk The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold a news conference today at noon EDT to address the current state of response to Ebola cases in the United States and West Africa. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch Sizing up the scale of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa By PBS News Hour In West Africa, more than four thousand people have died of Ebola. Drew Hinshaw of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan to report on the status of the global response to the health crisis facing the countries in Africa… Continue watching
Oct 12 Amid Ebola outbreak, health workers in Liberia call for strike By Rialda Zukic Thousands of health care workers in Liberia said they would go on strike starting Monday because of a dispute in pay, a move that could be a damaging blow to containing the Ebola virus' spread in the country. Continue reading
Oct 12 UPDATE: CDC confirms health worker in Dallas has Ebola By News Desk Speaking at a press conference late Sunday morning, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden said a breach of safety protocol was apparent and that more cases of Ebola may emerge. Continue reading
Oct 12 Obama receives update on latest Ebola developments By Associated Press 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… Continue reading
Oct 12 LIVE at 11 a.m. EDT: Press conference on second Ebola case in US By Elisabeth Ponsot Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Tom Frieden and Dr. David Lakey, Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services, will give a briefing today on Dallas' response to Ebola. Continue reading
Oct 12 CDC: Protocol breach apparent in treating Dallas Ebola patient By Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch Can airport screenings curb the spread of Ebola? By PBS News Hour Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C. to discuss how Ebola airport screenings at point of departure and arrival work in tandem to ensure a low likelihood… Continue watching