"A patient admitted to Massachusetts General Hospital Tuesday amid concerns he might have Ebola has tested positive for malaria, with an initial test for Ebola coming back negative, the hospital said Wednesday. But …"
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"IBM has engineered a way for everyone to join the fight against Ebola ? by donating processing time on their personal computers, phones or tablets to researchers. IBM has teamed with scientists at Scripps Research …"
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"NEW YORK (AP) — An American health-care worker in West Africa who may have been infected with Ebola is being flown to the United States. A spokeswoman for Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital on Wednesday confirmed the patient is being flown …"/i>
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"NBC News medical reporter Nancy Snyderman apologized on the "Today" show Wednesday for violating her quarantine for Ebola exposure, saying she failed to appreciate how frightened Americans were of the disease."
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"The city will seek partial reimbursement from the state for expenses incurred after Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan became ill while visiting relatives in Dallas, city officials said in a statement. Duncan died on Oct. 8. Two nurses, Nina Pham and Amber Vinson ..."
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"The City of Dallas released a list of its Ebola-related expenses incurred during the city's encounter with the deadly virus — and care for Bentley, the dog of now Ebola-free nurse Nina Pham, made up nearly a fifth of the …"
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"3 December 2014 – The United Nations Special Envoy on Ebola, Dr. David Nabarro, today took his message directly to the people of Liberia, applauding them for the progress made so far in combating the virus, but …"
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"The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have been named Ebola treatment centers by state health officials, the Department of Health and Human Services announced …"
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"WASHINGTON/MONROVIA - The World Bank on Tuesday pledged further assistance to Liberia, the country worst hit by Ebola, and revealed that the epidemic would cost more than $2 billion across the region, causing …"
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"Massachusetts General Hospital announced on Wednesday afternoon that a patient who had been suspected of having Ebola has tested negative for the virus. The initial test on the patient admitted Tuesday with …"
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"No Ohio hospitals are on a list of 35 designated Ebola treatment centers released by the federal government yesterday, but that could change as more hospitals in more states are identified as hubs for care of patients …",/I>
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"Thomas Muyunga lost his job as a home health care worker in San Francisco when two of his clients kicked him out of their houses, saying that because he’s from Africa, they were afraid he might be carrying Ebola. Other African immigrants in the Bay …"
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"As medical volunteers return to the United States after treating Ebola patients in Africa, confusion about the disease and how it is transmitted has raised public anxiety levels and public health questions. Michael Willrich …"
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" [Two Texas hospitals designated for Ebola care] NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials have designated 35 hospitals across the country as Ebola treatment centers. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the list of hospitals on Tuesday. Most are …"
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"The US Senate has passed legislation that would overhaul the Neglected Tropical Disease Priority Review Voucher (PRV) system in the hopes of making it more enticing to pharmaceutical companies, and in particular …"
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"The World Health Organization says data from the Ebola outbreak are too poor to measure how many patients have been isolated and how many corpses were safely buried, after saying it was making good progress in those areas. On Monday, the agency …"
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"Microdermis' antiseptic skin product Provodine--which incorporates a novel dermal delivery system--has been adopted by the U.S. Army and will be used in West Africa against Ebola. Provodine meets or exceeds the FDA requirements for use as a surgical …"
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"A Belgian scientist who helped discover Ebola in 1976 has accused the World Health Organisation (WHO) of mismanaging the current outbreak response. Peter Piot, an award-winning microbiologist, told Al Jazeera that …"
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"Ebola hit Sierra Leone has quarantined more than half of the country's population of six million, in six of the nation's 14 districts. In an effort to stem the spread of the disease which is spiraling out of control, Tonkolili, a …"
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"Europe must send more medical boots to West Africa and help rebuild local health systems to help tackle the outbreak of Ebola, the EU's Ebola coordinator said in an interview. Christos Stylianides told AFP this week …"
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"Sometimes you stumble across statistics that just scream at you. I was looking this week through some reports on the Liberian Ministry of Health's website. The screaming statistic was an "8" listed as the number of …"
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"SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Metabiota Inc., announced today that the European Commission (EC) has awarded funding to the Company to work with European and Canadian collaborators on an advanced project aimed at validating both …"
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"Hyderabad: A man from Hyderabad, whose samples were sent for testing as a measure of caution against Ebola after his return from Nigeria, tested negative for the disease, an official said on Tuesday.The 52-year-old's …"
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"Peacefmonline.com can confirm that Ghana is currently investigating another suspected case of Ebola, further heightening the fear that the contagious viral hemorrhagic fever is spreading in West Africa. The suspected …"
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"Freetown, Dec 2: The World Health Organization (WHO) says the number of people infected with Ebola has passed 17,000, as Sierra Leone announced that its 10th doctor has been sickened. Numbers released today …"
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"NEW YORK - Health officials have designated 35 hospitals across the country as Ebola treatment centers, including three in Maryland. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released the list of hospitals …"
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"Kumasi, Dec. 3, GNA – The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate Ebola Response Team has taken for test the blood samples of a suspected Ebola patient who is on admission at Kwame Nkrumah University of …"
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"JERSEY CITY, N.J., December 3, 2014 - ISO has developed two new coverage options to help businesses when government authorities take steps to control the spread of Ebola. ISO is a Verisk Analytics (Nasdaq:VRSK) business. The first endorsement …"
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"Glen Cove Hospital is now one of 35 Ebola treatment facilities in America that will be designated as a treatment center. The hospital has a third floor entrance, treatment rooms and a testing lab. The other designated …"
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"Emory University Hospital announcd they will be monitoring a possible Ebola patient. "An American health care worker from West Africa who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus is being transferred to Emory …"
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"From his office in the Ghanaian coastal city of Tema, Mark Owiredu has an up-close view of how Ebola is ravaging the economies of poorer African nations to the west. Since the outbreak of the disease was identified …"
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"Results from a Phase 1 clinical trial conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) on a possible Ebola vaccine are leading to accelerated development of the candidate vaccine, NIH announced November 28."
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"Once a patient infected with the Ebola hemorrhagic virus starts showing symptoms ... Further complicating the process, Ebola symptoms are very similar to those of other fevers, such as typhoid and malaria. Because time is of the essence in tracking ..."
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"Case fatality rates in past outbreaks of EVD have ranged from less than 50% to more than 80%,4and even limited supportive care probably improves survival rates. Thus, the historical case fatality rates are irrelevant if current study patients receive ..."
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"The lack of established EVD treatment and isolation facilities in this northern, Sahelian zone of the country, combined with a higher than usual degree of resistance among local communities to safe burial practices, make this area vulnerable to an increase ..."
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"Freetown — The President of Sierra Leone Ernest Bai Koroma commended the Chinese government for its continued support and commitment to the ongoing fight against the spreading Ebola virus disease (EVD) on Tuesday. Koroma made the remarks …"
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"The CDC and the health department provided the packets to travelers returning from West Africa. The packet also includes a surgical mask if symptoms develop and they have to go to the hospital. Health department …"
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"PAUL — It's been five weeks since Minnesota began monitoring travelers arriving from ... and quickly contain possible Ebola cases in the U.S. Travelers arriving from Ebola-infected West African countries are asked to …"
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"Anyone who has traveled from four West African nations is monitored for three weeks ... Officials had to send their disease detectives out to track down the travelers. Monitoring is not the best way to control Ebola in the U.S., said Dr. Jay Varma, deputy .."
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"The Michigan Department of Community Health is monitoring 11 such travelers for symptoms of the deadly virus ... “As long as Ebola is spreading in West Africa, we must prepare for the possibility of additional cases in the United States,” CDC Director ..."
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"Ohio has had no Ebola cases, though officials are monitoring the health of certain travelers with connections to West Africa. They also monitored people who had contact with a Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola after she visited Ohio. None of those people ..."
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"Travelers from four West African nations most affected by Ebola are now required to arrive in one of five specific U.S. airports, where they undergo enhanced screening for Ebola virus disease symptoms. 4. National active monitoring guidance now exists ..."
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American possibly exposed to Ebola being transferred to Atlanta hospital