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German Hospital Discharges Ebola Patient

Written on December 4, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

A German hospital says a Ugandan doctor it treated after he contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone has been cured and discharged. Frankfurt’s University Hospital said Thursday that the man, whose name hasn’t been released, was released on Nov. 19 and is now with his family. He was admitted on Oct. 3 and was critically ill for a time… (read more)

American arrives at Atlanta hospital from West Africa for Ebola testing

Written on December 4, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Travel, USA News.

Dec 4 (Reuters) – A U.S. healthcare worker who may have been exposed to Ebola in West Africa arrived at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta early on Thursday for testing and observation, the hospital said. The patient, who has not been identified, was flown from West Africa and will be monitored to see if he or she has been infected with the virus, the hospital said… (read more)

The First Attempt to Digitize Ebola Health Records

Written on December 4, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Science News, World News.

Ebola treatment in West Africa is going digital. Keeping detailed patient records during the Ebola outbreak can be a nightmare. Currently, health care workers use very basic methods, ranging from scanning files to writing on white boards to calling results across rooms to simple memorization. But the International Rescue Committee (IRC), a crisis organization, is about to change that by bringing in electronic health records to its new Ebola treatment...

Ebola stigma hindering medical response, says Red Cross

Written on December 3, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Opinion News, Travel, World News.

Stigma against travellers from Ebola-infected countries is hindering the fight against the disease, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) says. The head of the IFRC, Mr Elhadj As Sy, warned that travel bans were preventing his organisation’s medical workers from dealing with the outbreak. He urged governments to avoid acting out of fear and misinformation… (read more)

Mass. General Confirms Patient Has Malaria, Not Ebola

Written on December 3, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Personal Safety, USA News.

BOSTON (CBS) – A patient at Massachusetts General Hospital suspected of possibly having Ebola has tested negative for the deadly virus. MGH confirmed just before 1 p.m. on Wednesday that the initial test for Ebola is negative. The patient did test positive for malaria, the hospital said… (read more)

Ebola crisis: Appeal to reopen schools

Written on December 3, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

Schools need to rapidly reopen in three Ebola-hit West African states as some five million children are being denied an education, a campaign group says. Education had become “one of the first casualties of the crisis” in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, it added. The “most marginalised” would bear the brunt of the crisis for generations to come if “safe schools” were not reopened, the group said. Ebola was...

Mass. General treating possible Ebola patient

Written on December 2, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, USA News.

BOSTON — Massachusetts General Hospital has admitted a patient who is under investigation for Ebola and will evaluate that patient. According to a memo to hospital staff, someone who was “undergoing routine monitoring by the Boston Public Health Commission,” and was also “under investigation for Ebola virus disease,” was admitted to the hospital at 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon… (read more)

General Health Systems Damaged by Ebola in West Africa

Written on December 2, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, World News.

GENEVA – The World Health Organization reports the spread of Ebola is having a damaging impact on the delivery of health services for people suffering from other illnesses in the three severely affected Ebola countries in West Africa. And it says one of the root causes of the rapid spread of Ebola in the region is linked to the weakness in the health systems of the three heavily infected countries. Ebola has killed about 6,000 people. But...

Here’s How to Remove Ebola Waste From a Hospital

Written on December 2, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Personal Safety, Treatments.

When treating Ebola patients, hospitals have more than their patients and workers to protect. It’s their responsibility to properly dispose of anything involved in caring for the patients that might be contaminated—and that includes liquid waste, protective equipment, anything used in the lab, linens, towels, pillows, mattresses and even the curtains used in the patient’s room… (read more)

WHO says Liberia wrongly added 1,000 deaths to Ebola toll

Written on December 2, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Government News, Health News, World News.

Dec 1 (Reuters) – A surge in Ebola deaths reported by the World Health Organization at the weekend was due to about 1,000 Liberian deaths wrongly ascribed to the disease that would be removed, WHO assistant director general Bruce Aylward said on Monday. “Liberia’s figures came in but they’ve since said these were actually non-Ebola deaths that were reported as part of our Ebola deaths and we will be taking them off. So...