Imbalanced media reports: Ebola vs ChikV
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life It might be irresponsible to describe the incessant media coverage about the Ebola virus in Shakespearean terms — much ado about nothing. However, every day Americans die from cancer, influenza, heat-stroke, freezing temperatures,…
Ebola is ‘jerking us back to the 19th century’
By Erin Fuchs From Business Insider Americans being quarantined for Ebola experience a terror and isolation that recalls long-past epidemics like cholera, typhus, and the bubonic plague, an expert on the history of medicine told The New York Times. “Ebola…
Five U.S. Airports are enacting new screening measures to protect against Ebola
By David Hudson From Whitehouse The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have announced that the following five U.S. airports will soon begin enhanced Ebola screening for all travelers coming from Ebola-affected…
New questions as hospital changes story on Ebola patient release
From Newsmax Dallas doctors apparently never saw a nurse’s note that an emergency room patient with fever and pains had recently been in Africa, and he was released into the community while infected with deadly Ebola. It remains unclear why,…
The Ebola virus has spread to Senegal as the deadliest outbreak in history gets worse
By Abby Ohlheiser and Abby Phillip From The Washington Post As the Ebola outbreak worsens — with the death toll spiraling and the World Health Organization warning that 20,000 people could eventually be infected — another West African country has…
Ebola viral disease in West Africa: Warning from Cayman Islands PHD
From Cayman Islands Public Health Department Following an outbreak of Ebola viral disease (previously known as Ebola Hemorrhagic fever) in West Africa, the Medical Officer of Health in the Cayman Islands, Dr Kiran Kumar, has issued an advisory. Ebola is…
