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When I recently called for the resignation of CDC director, Dr. Tom Frieden, some of you may have thought I went too far. And yet here we are, facing startling claims that the Dallas medical staff who responded to the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States – including a nurse who is now hospitalized with the virus – had limited protocols in place. America, if you weren’t worried by Frieden’s inadequacy before, you should be now.

Public Health: The man whose one job is to safeguard America's health has failed, saying that we must change our responses to Ebola after a Dallas health care worker becomes infected despite the rules he championed. After 26-year-old Dallas health care worker Nina Pham became the first person to contract Ebola on U.S. soil, Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), said during a press conference that (we) "have to rethink the way we address Ebola control." Yes, we do. Pham's infection, just as Thomas E. Duncan's death in Dallas after a multistop trip from Liberia,...

As concern for the health of the Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola continues to mount, local officials and animal rights activists are turning their attention to the fate of her dog. Dallas officials announced Monday that the dog of Nina Pham, the Dallas nurse, will remain in a safe place to await its owner’s recovery. The dog, a Cavalier King Charles spaniel named Bentley, was moved Monday afternoon, officials said. The decision, while a victory for animal-rights activists, continues to incite concerns about whether pets can be culprits in transmitting the Ebola virus. Both international and local health authorities say...

Dallas nurse Nina Pham, who contracted Ebola while treating a Liberian patient who died of the disease, issued an upbeat statement today saying that she is "doing well" Pham has received a potentially life-saving transfusion from Dr. Kent Brantly, the missionary doctor who beat the virus two months ago, ABC News has learned. Brantly flew to Dallas on Sunday, one day after Pham tested positive for the virus, sources said. He donated his blood, packed with antibodies that should fight the disease. Jeremy Blume, a spokesman for the nonprofit medical mission group Samaritan's Purse, confirmed that the plasma donation came...

The second person to show Ebola symptoms on US soil has been identified as Nina Pham, a 26-year-old nurse. Pham's family confirmed her identity on Monday. She was diagnosed with Ebola on Sunday and is the first person to contract the disease in the US. Pham is currently in "clinically stable" condition, according to officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Pham is reportedly a nurse in Dallas who was caring for Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. Duncan contracted the disease in Liberia and then traveled to the US, where he first started...