thomas eric duncan
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There is no need for panic over Ebola, but there is need for concern about the CDC, writes Leonard Pitts Jr. - Seeking to allay fears after an Ebola patient was transported to Bethesda, Gov. Martin O'Malley said Friday state public health officials are on guard to contain the virus, though they will likely see more scares and possible cases.
- The medical community has learned much about preventing epidemics since the deadly influenza spread of 1918, making an Ebola outbreak in the U.S. less likely.
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- If the transmission of the deadly Ebola virus from a now-deceased patient to one of his nurses occurred because of a "protocol breach," what does that say about the general state of patient and caregiver safety in hospitals across the country?
- The CDC needs to get to the bottom of how a nurse in Texas became infected with the virus despite following rigorous safety protocols
- Federal officials announced Wednesday that they plan to screen international passengers for Ebola at five major U.S. airports, while hospitals around the country continue to isolate patients showing Ebola-like symptoms.
- Maryland public health officials are putting caregivers — from Baltimore's major teaching hospitals to strip-mall urgent care centers to ambulances — on heightened alert for signs of Ebola as details emerge about missteps in Dallas where a man with the deadly virus was initially sent home from a hospital.
