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US Nurse, Now Free of Ebola, Defends Her Work And Travels
One of the U.S. nurses who helped treat a Liberian man with Ebola in Texas last month defended her controversial decision to fly after treating the patient, saying she had not been barred from traveling and felt normal during her trip.
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Two US States to Quarantine Health Workers Returning From Ebola Zones
New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West African countries and the U.S. government is considering the same step after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea came back infected, officials said on Friday.
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Dallas Nurse Receives Thanks, Hug From Obama
A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a patient from Liberia who died of the disease walked out of a Washington-area hospital virus-free on Friday and into open arms.
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Newly Released Texas Nurse Nina Pham Meets With Barack Obama
A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and met with President Barack Obama at the White House.
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Friends, Family of Dead Ebola Patient Reach Milestone
As her boyfriend Thomas Eric Duncan lay dying of Ebola in a Dallas hospital bed, Louise Troh battled loneliness and fear that she too had contracted the disease while confined to a stranger's home under armed guard.
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Ebola Monitoring Inconsistent as Virus Spread
Public health officials' response in monitoring and limiting movement of workers who care for Texas patients with Ebola has been inconsistent.
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Texas Hospital Aims to Restore Image After Ebola Infections
The Texas hospital accused of mishandling care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States is hitting back at critics with an aggressive public relations campaign aimed at rehabilitating its battered image.
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Eight New York Hospitals Designated to Treat Ebola Cases
New York state is running surprise drills to prepare hospitals for possible Ebola patients and has designated eight medical centers to treat any cases of the disease diagnosed in the state, the governor said on Thursday.
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Extreme Measures: US Hospitals Take on Ebola, But at What Risk?
The infection of two US healthcare workers who cared for a dying Ebola patient in Dallas is challenging assumptions about how to protect Western medical workers who perform advanced, life-saving procedures that may increase their risk of exposure.
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Second Texas Healthcare Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement on Wednesday.
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US Health Workers Rally for Dallas Nurse With Ebola, Students Pray
Thousands of US health workers have joined social media campaigns in the past few days to support a Texas nurse who became the first person infected with Ebola in the United States, which she contracted caring for a dying African patient at a Dallas hospital.
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No Hospital 'Protocols' for Ebola Treatment: Nurses' Group
Nurses at the Texas hospital where a Liberian Ebola patient died last week complain they were given few rules and little guidance on how to treat the severely ill man, contrary to assertions by US health authorities.
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US Identifies 76 Health Care Workers at Risk for Ebola
A total of 76 health care workers may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus while caring for a Liberian patient in a Dallas hospital, US health authorities said on Tuesday.
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Doctor Who Beat Ebola Gives Blood for Infected Nurse
A US nurse who caught Ebola while treating a Liberian patient who died of the disease has received a plasma transfusion donated by a doctor who beat the virus.
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First Ebola Patient Diagnosed in United States Dies
The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died on Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, said a hospital spokesperson.
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US Nurse, Now Free of Ebola, Defends Her Work And Travels
One of the U.S. nurses who helped treat a Liberian man with Ebola in Texas last month defended her controversial decision to fly after treating the patient, saying she had not been barred from traveling and felt normal during her trip.
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Two US States to Quarantine Health Workers Returning From Ebola Zones
New York and New Jersey will automatically quarantine medical workers returning from Ebola-hit West African countries and the U.S. government is considering the same step after a doctor who treated patients in Guinea came back infected, officials said on Friday.
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Dallas Nurse Receives Thanks, Hug From Obama
A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a patient from Liberia who died of the disease walked out of a Washington-area hospital virus-free on Friday and into open arms.
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Newly Released Texas Nurse Nina Pham Meets With Barack Obama
A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for a patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and met with President Barack Obama at the White House.
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Friends, Family of Dead Ebola Patient Reach Milestone
As her boyfriend Thomas Eric Duncan lay dying of Ebola in a Dallas hospital bed, Louise Troh battled loneliness and fear that she too had contracted the disease while confined to a stranger's home under armed guard.
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Ebola Monitoring Inconsistent as Virus Spread
Public health officials' response in monitoring and limiting movement of workers who care for Texas patients with Ebola has been inconsistent.
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Texas Hospital Aims to Restore Image After Ebola Infections
The Texas hospital accused of mishandling care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States is hitting back at critics with an aggressive public relations campaign aimed at rehabilitating its battered image.
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Eight New York Hospitals Designated to Treat Ebola Cases
New York state is running surprise drills to prepare hospitals for possible Ebola patients and has designated eight medical centers to treat any cases of the disease diagnosed in the state, the governor said on Thursday.
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Extreme Measures: US Hospitals Take on Ebola, But at What Risk?
The infection of two US healthcare workers who cared for a dying Ebola patient in Dallas is challenging assumptions about how to protect Western medical workers who perform advanced, life-saving procedures that may increase their risk of exposure.
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Second Texas Healthcare Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement on Wednesday.
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US Health Workers Rally for Dallas Nurse With Ebola, Students Pray
Thousands of US health workers have joined social media campaigns in the past few days to support a Texas nurse who became the first person infected with Ebola in the United States, which she contracted caring for a dying African patient at a Dallas hospital.
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No Hospital 'Protocols' for Ebola Treatment: Nurses' Group
Nurses at the Texas hospital where a Liberian Ebola patient died last week complain they were given few rules and little guidance on how to treat the severely ill man, contrary to assertions by US health authorities.
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US Identifies 76 Health Care Workers at Risk for Ebola
A total of 76 health care workers may have been exposed to the deadly Ebola virus while caring for a Liberian patient in a Dallas hospital, US health authorities said on Tuesday.
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Doctor Who Beat Ebola Gives Blood for Infected Nurse
A US nurse who caught Ebola while treating a Liberian patient who died of the disease has received a plasma transfusion donated by a doctor who beat the virus.
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First Ebola Patient Diagnosed in United States Dies
The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died on Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, said a hospital spokesperson.
