Posted on 11/25/2014 8:18:11 AM PST by wtd
"A spokesman for the striking workers in the eastern town of Kenema, who asked not to be identified, said they had not been paid their weekly hazard allowance for seven weeks. Authorities accepted that the money had …
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"ROME: An Italian doctor battling the deadly Ebola virus on Tuesday (Nov 25) began treatment with an experimental drug in Italy's leading hospital for infectious diseases. The first Italian to contract the disease was …"
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"FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — An official in the Health Ministry says another Sierra Leonean doctor has been infected with Ebola, yet another blow to his country's fragile health system. Ebola has infected more than 15,000 people, the majority of them in ..."
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"Mali has confirmed a new case of Ebola, bringing to eight the number of people who have fallen ill with the deadly disease in the West African country. A government statement issued Monday night said the patient had …"
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"SAN DIEGO, Nov. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Aethlon Medical, Inc. (NASDAQ:OTCQB:AEMD), the pioneer in developing targeted therapeutic devices to address infectious disease and cancer, disclosed today that an Ebola patient who received …"
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"Burial workers in the Sierra Leonean city of Kenema have dumped bodies in public in protest at non-payment of allowances for handling Ebola victims. The workers, who went on strike over the issue, left 15 bodies …"
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"There's a new phase of Ebola in Liberia. Epidemiologists call it pingponging. Back in March, the disease was found in the rural areas. Then as people came to the capital to seek care, it started growing exponentially …"
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"Two sisters in Ohio, aged 4 and 6, who returned to the U.S. from Sierra Leone 17 days prior were rushed to a hospital around 2am Sunday over Ebola fears after spiking fevers. The unidentified Columbus girls were taken …"
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"HORN LAKE, Miss. (AP) -- Two Horn Lake men have been indicted under a Mississippi law that makes it a felony to cause someone to falsely believe that a person has been "exposed to a harmful biological substance." Authorities said the two men are an …"
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"A hotel in China’s southern port Guangzhou is a key part of the country’s largely unreported measures to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from reaching its shores and spreading. The “Hotel Canton” is like many …"
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"A new mobile app that keeps oil and gas workers travelling to West Africa up to date on Ebola outbreaks was launched Monday. The free app was developed by UK-based risk firm International SOS and will be …"
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"The Liberia Bank for Development and Investment (LBDI) Grand Cape Mount County branch manager, Stephen Konneh and his driver have been placed under quarantine for coming in contact with a suspected Ebola patient in the provincial capital Robertsport."
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"A wonderful thing happened today. I was able to give a patient in our unit the news that he tested negative for Ebola and was free to go home. He leapt out of bed and danced for joy, praised the Lord and us - and even …"
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"Islamabad: A patient suspected to be suffering from Ebola virus disease (EVD) died of dengue and hepatitis C, media reported. Zulfiqar Ahmad, 40, a resident of Chiniot district in Punjab province, returned to Pakistan …
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"FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, November 25, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- To contribute to the halt of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in Sierra Leone, the Office of National Security (ONS), with support from the United Nations Development …
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"The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned Nigerians involved in the smuggling frozen chicken to desist from doing so as it could bring back the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) . The warning was …"
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"The Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has warned Nigerians involved in the smuggling frozen chicken to desist from doing so as it could bring back the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) . The warning was …"
So the hundreds of millions sent in aid never got to the people doing the actual work? (Did anyone expect otherwise?)
Thanks for the posts/links. Health/life BUMP!
When will people learn that very little if any donations actually get to the people whom it is intended?
Not to worry, obola will have our soldiers pick up the slack.
"To avoid problems caused by faulty biohazard suits used in tropical climates, the Pentagon is rushing to develop by January a portable "Care Cube" that would envelope patients infected with the Ebola virus while …"
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"A group of military service members returning to Joint Base Lewis-McChord from Africa will spend Thanksgiving in quarantine while the Army monitors their health for signs of Ebola. The Army says the group arriving Tuesday includes 15 service members and ..."
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"When there’s a health epidemic, here’s how innovation often happens: Lives are tragically lost, then wall-to-wall media coverage leads to public hysteria and then drug companies respond by racing to find treatment.
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"WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (UPI) --A U.S. intelligence agency has launched a public website to provide unclassified geospatial intelligence data to aid in the battle against Ebola in Africa. The National …"
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"Illinois health officials have suspended a telephone hotline about the Ebola virus because the number of calls to it has fallen sharply. Illinois Department of Public Health spokeswoman Melaney Arnold said Tuesday that …
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"Almost 1,000 passengers arriving in the UK have been screened for Ebola, official figures show. Public Health Minister Jane Ellison said a total of 931 people had been assessed in the weeks since the measures were …"
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"a border crisis and the Ebola outbreak -- all of which Schumer said "served to illustrate the inability of government to solve problems." "Each time a party appears to be in charge, but is unable to convince the public they …"
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"APA-Freetown (Sierra Leone) The Nigerian government will be sending 100 medical personnel to help Sierra Leone fight the Ebola epidemic, the Nigerian High Commissioner in Freetown has said. According to reports Tuesday, the High Commissioner, Mrs …"
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"LOS ANGELES, CA – November 25, 2014. Ebola, a virus that causes viral hemorrhagic fever, is a scourge that has already caused the deaths of thousands in three countries in western Africa. According to scientists, if it is not controlled soon, the Ebola ..."
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"This Thanksgiving marks the first anniversary of Disney’s “Frozen,” the animated feature that continues to captivate the imaginations of so many children — even as it extorts the pocketbooks of their adoring parents, yielding more than $1.27 ..."
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"His only issue is that "we run a home delivery, too, and the guys in the quarantine" won't be able to take advantage of that. "Otherwise, it's no big problem," Häntsch said. German residents of Baumholder knew about …"
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"Residents in the area where authorities of the county have quarantined since the virus surfaced killing 13 people told FrontPage Africa they desperately need food in other to have the quarantine remain in force and at the same time support efforts to ..."
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"The Department of Defense -- which had spent nearly $200 million fighting Ebola in Liberia as of Nov. 12 -- will quarantine 3,000 troops returning from West Africa for 21 days, cutting into their work time and productivity."
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"If she's very sick, they can help set up a community quarantine in the village and try to come back the next day with supplies. If the woman is still in the early stages of Ebola, she can walk back to the clinic, where an …"
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"Now, Dominic said, he mostly just takes food to families under quarantine, leaving it outside their doors. Once an area has been quarantined, soldiers make sure none of the residents leave. But he still makes occasional …"
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"A comprehensive listing of contacts has been finalized and the Incident Management System (IMS) is working to get food to the contacts in order to enforce quarantine. UNDP has re-programmed its resources in Liberia to meet a range of Ebola-related …"
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The slack, dead bodies... May God keep those soldiers safe.
A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread
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