Articles filed under Health
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Constable: Suburban hospitals prepare for Ebola, worry about fluOct 16, 2014 5:30 am - A second health care worker in Texas contracts Ebola, and we grow scared it will show up in the suburbs. Fear, especially in our post-Sept. 11 world, makes things happen...
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Rising call for ban on travel from W. AfricaOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Warning that Americans are losing faith in their government's ability to stop Ebola, Republican lawmakers on Thursday pressed for a ban on travel to the U.S...
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Existing protocols might not be enough for EbolaOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - DALLAS - As Thomas Eric Duncan's health deteriorated, nurses Amber Joy Vinson and Nina Pham were at the Ebola patient's side. They wore protective gear including face sh...
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UN says Ebola death toll rising to 4,500 this weekOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - GENEVA - The death toll from the Ebola crisis will rise to more than 4,500 lives this week from among 9,000 people infected by the deadly disease, a top official with th...
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University of Minnesota knocks down tweet claiming Ebola airborneOct 16, 2014 1:01 am - University of Minnesota officials are knocking down a tweet claiming its researchers say is Ebola is airborne. University spokeswoman Caroline Marin told the Star Tribun...
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6th Congressional hopefuls differ on health care reformOct 15, 2014 5:00 am - Republican U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam and his Democratic challenger for the 6th Congressional District seat, Michael Mason, are on two different sides of the spectrum when i...
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Dallas nurses cite sloppy conditions in Ebola careOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - DALLAS - A Liberian Ebola patient was left in an open area of a Dallas emergency room for hours, and the nurses treating him worked for days without proper protective ge...
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Revised Elk Grove police contract avoids health care "Cadillac" taxOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - Elk Grove Village trustees have approved a two-year police contract extension that will allow the village to make changes to medical coverage and avoid paying a "Cadilla...
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2nd Texas health worker with Ebola was on flight from ClevelandOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Health officials are alerting airline passengers who were on the same flight as a Texas nurse who was diagnosed with Ebola the next day. The 132 passengers we...
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Health secretary: Hospital needed better oversightOct 15, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell says the federal government could have performed "much better oversight" of the Dallas hospital where two...