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WHO ‘wasted precious time’ over Ebola

Written on December 3, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Personal Safety, World News.

The Belgian microbiologist who co-discovered the Ebola virus has accused the World Health Organization of dithering in reacting to the deadly epidemic and accused the international community of “hysteria.” Peter Piot said that while an initial delay in confirming the outbreak could be expected, there was no excuse for waiting a further five months before acknowledging the extent of the crisis… (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)

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)

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

Written on December 1, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Personal Safety, Travel, USA News.

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...

Ebola Joke Triggers Passenger’s Removal From US Airways Flight

Written on December 1, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Business News, Personal Safety, Travel.

Call it a sign of the times: An airline passenger sneezes, makes a joke about Ebola and is quickly escorted from the plane by hazmat-suited personnel. That’s what reportedly happened aboard a US Airways flight that had landed in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, shortly after arriving from Philadelphia on Wednesday. Dominican press reports that the passenger said: “I have Ebola. You’re all screwed.”… (read more)

Ebola In The Air: What Science Says About How The Virus Spreads

Written on December 1, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Personal Safety.

Here’s an Ebola puzzle for you: If the virus isn’t airborne, why do doctors and nurses need to wear full protective suits, with face masks, while treating patients? After we dug through studies and talked to scientists, the answer slowly emerged. Ebola does spread through the air. But not through the airborne route… (read more)

Number of Ebola infections in west Africa passes 16,000

Written on November 29, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Personal Safety, World News.

Death toll from virus outbreak nears 7,000 as World Health Organization warns figures may be significant underestimation. The number of deaths is more than 1,000 higher than the figure issued by the WHO just two days ago, but it is thought to include deaths that have gone unreported in the weeks or months since the outbreak began. Most of the new deaths were recorded in Liberia… (read more)

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

Written on November 26, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Personal Safety, USA News.

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...

Sierra Leone Ebola burial workers dump bodies in pay protest

Written on November 25, 2014. Posted in Breaking News, Health News, Personal Safety, World News.

(Reuters) – Burial workers in Sierra Leone have dumped bodies in the street outside a hospital in protest at authorities’ failure to pay bonuses for handling Ebola victims. Residents said up to 15 corpses had been abandoned in the eastern town of Kenema, three of them at a hospital entrance to stop people entering. The head of the district Ebola Response Team, Abdul Wahab Wan, said the bodies included those of two babies… (read...

How to control Ebola

Written on November 14, 2014. Posted in Blogs & Links, Health News, Personal Safety.

Ebola is a lethal disease that is communicable through humans and various animals, specifically a species of primates and bats. Once the virus contaminates the human body, its incubation time to the start of symptoms takes two to twenty one days. Humans are not contagious until the symptoms have bloomed. Fore symptoms are the erratic onset of muscular pains, headaches, sore throat and fever fatigue. Next the patient starts to vomit, have diarrhea,...