NBC’s Dr. Nancy Snyderman Apologizes For Violating Ebola Quarantine

NBC News’ chief medical editor, Dr. Nancy Snyderman, apologized Wednesday morning for violating her voluntary Ebola quarantine, asserting that she had broken the trust of many Americans. “Good people can make mistakes,” she said in an interview with “Today” co-host Matt Lauer. “I stepped outside the boundaries of what I promised to do and what the public expected of me, and for that I’m sorry.” (read...

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Obama urges Congress to approve $6 billion for Ebola fight

(Reuters) – President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to approve $6.18 billion to help fight the Ebola outbreak, reminding them that even though the story has faded from the headlines, the battle against the virus is far from over. “Every hotspot is an ember that if not contained can become a new fire, so we cannot let down our guard even for a minute,” Obama said. “And we can’t just fight this epidemic. We...

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Mass. General treating possible Ebola patient

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)

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Obama to push Congress for more money to fight Ebola

President Obama will visit the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tuesday to praise doctors completing preliminary critical trials of an Ebola vaccine and to push members of Congress to quickly approve new funding to fight the virus the administration has requested. Mr. Obama asked Congress to approve an extra $6.18 billion in emergency funding on November 5, the day after the midterm elections. In a letter to House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio,...

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CDC: More Than 1,400 People in U.S. Being Actively Monitored for Ebola

The killer virus Ebola may not be front and center in the news, but it’s still in the forefront of efforts by health officials nationwide. As of today, more than 1,400 people in 44 states in the U.S. are being actively monitored by state and local health departments after returning from West Africa. The good news is that no new cases have been reported in the U.S. since Oct. 23. Responding to a public outcry, the Department of Homeland Security...

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US Ebola survivors meet on TODAY

Six American Ebola survivors, meeting together for the first time as a group Wednesday on TODAY, opened up about the unusual bond they share and the unique reasons they have to be thankful this holiday season. Many thanked Dr. Kent Brantly, one of the first survivors to recover and who then went on to donate his plasma to most of the others as they recuperated… (read more)

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NYC WOMAN ON EBOLA WATCHLIST DIES BLEEDING FROM MOUTH, AUTHORITIES SAY “HEART ATTACK”

                    A woman who returned from Guinea 18 days ago and was on an Ebola monitoring list dropped dead in a Brooklyn hair salon yesterday after eyewitnesses said she began bleeding from the mouth and nose, but authorities later asserted the cause of death was an “apparent heart attack.” “FDNY activated the Special Operations and Hazmat units after the the woman, who had traveled to Guinea...

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Notable Absence of New Ebola Quarantines at New York Area Airports

A day after a doctor who had returned from Guinea about a week earlier became New York’s first Ebola case, the governors of New York and New Jersey announced that they would begin quarantining travelers who had been in contact with Ebola patients in West Africa. The move, which went beyond federal policy, drew protests from medical aid groups and the Obama administration, who said it would penalize people who were trying to contain Ebola and discourage...

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