With pressure growing from Congress and concerns of further spread of the disease, President Obama said Thursday he was considering appoint an Ebola ‘czar,’ reports the NY Times. NY Post: Peter King Irate After Passenger Vomits, Then Dies on Flight from Nigeria to JFK WSJ: Scientists Say Ebola’s Transmission Route Unlikely to Have Changed CBS: […]

A second nurse from Dallas has taken ill with Ebola just days after traveling to Ohio on a commercial airliner, reports Newsmax. Part of the group of quarantined health care workers, nurse Amber Vison spoke with a CDC official before her flight, and was told she could board the plane. Politico: Obama Vows Ebola ‘SWAT […]

A second Dallas healthcare worker has fallen ill with Ebola, reports Newsmax. The latest diagnosis may not be the last. The Washington Post reports the Dallas hospital which treated Thomas Eric Duncan “had to learn on the fly how to control the deadly virus, adding new layers of protective gear for workers in what became […]

The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for another patient received a blood transfusion from Dr. Kent Brantly, the American doctor who previously contracted the disease in Africa and received the first treatment of Z-Mapp, reports the Daily Mail. With the new infection, the CDC is rethinking its methods for controlling the disease, and […]

A nurse who treated Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas has fallen ill as well, reports Newsmax. The nurse had worn protective equipment while treating Duncan, but the CDC claims there must have been a breach of protocol. The scary part: they can’t identify what it was. WSJ: Second Ebola Case in US Shifts […]