Ebola Protocol

Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top US federal health official said on Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the US, if needed.

Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top US federal health official said on Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the US, if needed.

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.

A Texas health care worker has become the first person to contract Ebola on American soil, authorities confirmed Sunday, blaming a safety breach for the spread of the deadly disease.

A "breach of protocol" at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker with the deadly virus, and other caregivers could potentially be exposed, federal health officials said on Sunday.

US President Barack Obama wants federal authorities to take additional steps to ensure the American medical system is prepared to follow correct protocols in dealing with Ebola following news of an apparent breach in Dallas, the White House said in a statement Sunday.

Top US health authorities said Sunday a breach of protocol was to blame for the Ebola infection of a Texas health care worker who was said to have worn protective gear.

Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top US federal health official said on Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the US, if needed.

Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top US federal health official said on Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the US, if needed.

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.

A Texas health care worker has become the first person to contract Ebola on American soil, authorities confirmed Sunday, blaming a safety breach for the spread of the deadly disease.

A "breach of protocol" at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker with the deadly virus, and other caregivers could potentially be exposed, federal health officials said on Sunday.

US President Barack Obama wants federal authorities to take additional steps to ensure the American medical system is prepared to follow correct protocols in dealing with Ebola following news of an apparent breach in Dallas, the White House said in a statement Sunday.

Top US health authorities said Sunday a breach of protocol was to blame for the Ebola infection of a Texas health care worker who was said to have worn protective gear.