Oct 06 Two poems on what it’s like to live with Ebola, climate change By Larisa Epatko The two women live in different parts of the world: one on a tropical island in the Pacific, another in a former war-torn African country now fighting Ebola. Their lives are very different but they chose the same way to… 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 03 U.S. military building Ebola labs, treatment centers in Liberia By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The military has begun medical testing for Ebola at two new labs in Liberia, and service members are starting to build two treatment centers there for victims of the deadly disease. Continue reading
Oct 03 NBC News freelance journalist tests positive for Ebola By Joshua Barajas An American freelance cameraman working in Liberia for NBC News has contracted the Ebola virus and is being flown to the U.S. for treatment, the news network announced Thursday night. Continue reading
Sep 30 U.S. troops arrive in West Africa to join fight against Ebola By Adelyn Baxter U.S. troops arrived in Liberia Monday to begin building a field hospital in the central part of the country following a pledge to send 3,000 soldiers to assist in the ongoing fight against Ebola in West Africa, Reuters reported. Continue reading
Sep 30 CDC’s Frieden confirms first U.S. case of Ebola is in Dallas By Ellen Rolfes The first ever case of Ebola in the U.S. has been diagnosed in Dallas. Continue reading
Sep 27 Amid Ebola crisis, Liberian immigrants allowed to stay in U.S. By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Liberian immigrants living in the United States without a visa won't be sent back to the epicenter of Ebola crisis in West Africa for at least another two years, the Obama administration said Friday. Continue reading
Sep 26 IMF approves $130 million for Ebola stricken countries By Associated Press The International Monetary Fund has approved $130 million in emergency aid to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone to help these West African countries respond to the Ebola outbreak. Continue reading
Sep 25 Watch World leaders focus on Ebola threat and support at U.N. – Part 1 By PBS News Hour President Obama warned fellow heads of state at the U.N. not to stand by without offering aid as the Ebola outbreak grows in West Africa. The World Health Organization increased the current death toll to more than 2,900 and reported… Continue watching