Around 50 people who were exposed to Thomas Eric Duncan in Dallas have been released from quarantine and are considered Ebola-free, reports the New York Times. As those Americans breathe sighs of relief, the Pentagon is preparing to enter the fight by creating a 30 person medical team ready to be deployed at a moment’s […]

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 […]