Oct 16 Now it's Ebola that benches Obama from the campaign By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Obama off the campaign trail He was scheduled to be in seven states before Election Day All about 2016? Obama's not the only one -- Rick Perry cuts short Europe trip Obama cancels campaign… Continue reading
Oct 15 Watch Is the U.S. overly confident about Ebola control? By PBS News Hour Officials have been saying that the U.S. knows how to stop Ebola, but now another nurse has been infected. What's gone wrong? Judy Woodruff talks to Laurie Garrett of the Council on Foreign Relations. Continue watching
Oct 15 Watch Obama meets with top health, security aides on Ebola after second U.S. nurse infected By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 15 Before Ebola, Ellis Island's terrifying medical inspections By Dr. Howard Markel Oct. 15, 1966 marked the day that Ellis Island (along with Liberty Island and the Statue of Liberty) was officially listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Continue reading
Oct 15 Second Texas hospital worker tests positive for Ebola, flew on airplane By News Desk A second hospital worker who had been caring for the first diagnosed Ebola patient in the United States has tested positive for the virus. She flew on Frontier Airlines the day before she reported symptoms, and passengers on the flight… Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch What Wall Street's wild swings say about the global economy By PBS News Hour Lately the financial markets have been swinging from record leaps to sudden drops. Eswar Prasad, an economist at Cornell University and the Brookings Institution, says that while the U.S. economy is continuing its recovery, the rest of the world is… Continue watching
Oct 14 Watch News Wrap: West Africa's Ebola fatality rate rises to 70 percent By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the World Health Organization updated its Ebola death count to 4,450 fatalities out of 8,900 cases. There could be 10,000 new cases per week within a month, according to the agency. Also, Amnesty International reported… Continue watching
Oct 14 Mark Zuckerberg to give $25M to fight Ebola By Ashira Morris Facebook C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg announced on Facebook that the he and his wife, pediatrician Priscilla Chan, will give $25 million to help prevent the spread of Ebola. Continue reading
Oct 14 Bringing safer burial rituals to Ebola outbreak countries By Larisa Epatko A French anthropologist is helping the World Health Organization come up with safer burial practices, while trying to maintain tradition, in Ebola-ridden West African countries. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH LIVE: CDC Ebola briefing at 3 p.m. EDT By News Desk The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will host a press conference at 3 p.m. EDT today to update the investigation of Ebola in the U.S. and West Africa. Director Dr. Tom Frieden and the Texas Department of State Health… Continue reading