As NBC freelancer Ashoka Mukpo arrived in the U.S. this morning to undergo treatment for the Ebola virus, Thomas E. Duncan from Dallas may face criminal charges for lying about his contact with the virus. According to The Star-Telegram, Mukpo arrived in Nebraska this morning and is prepared to receive treatment right away. Mukpo was exposed to the disease […]
A patient isolated at a Dallas hospital is continuing treatment after he was diagnosed with Ebola this week. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis, the first on U.S. soil, on Tuesday. The patient, who has not been identified, left Liberia on Sept. 19 and arrived in Texas on Sept. 20. Four […]
Hospitals in West African nations hit with Ebola are struggling to treat patients, but now those patients are relying on the black market for a chance at survival. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), patients have taken to buying blood from survivors of the virus on the black market. The blood, which is called […]
If you haven’t seen the “Ice Bucket Challenge“ up and down all your social media feeds, then you’ve seriously been hiding under a rock. Everyone from college coaches to some of our favorite celebrities have participated in the challenge to help raise awareness for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, most commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Donations to the […]
Kent Brantly, the American doctor who contracted Ebola while helping battle the virus in West Africa, will be released from the Atlanta hospital where he was being treated. Brantly, 33, is expected to be released on Thursday, according to Emory University Hospital officials. Nancy Writebol, the aid worker who also contracted Ebola and was flown […]
On Friday, the World Health Organization announced that the largest outbreak of Ebola in history now constitutes as an international public health emergency that needs an extraordinary response to curb. The virus, which has killed nearly 1,000 people in Nigeria, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leon, is continuing to spread in nations that do not have the resources to […]
As news swirls that the two Americans who were flown to Georgia to be treated in an Atlanta hospital for Ebola are increasingly improving, a top Ebola expert is asking the question on many minds — what about the people in Africa? In fact, three of the world’s leading Ebola specialists have come forward to […]
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its response to the largest Ebola outbreak in history to a “level 1 activation,” an alert reserved for the most serious health emergencies. With the CDC on high alert, there comes a truth straight from the agency — the latest outbreak of Ebola will be […]
On Wednesday, the World Health Organization announced that the Ebola death toll had increased to 932, with 45 people dying between August 2 and 4. In addition, two more countries reported deaths of citizens suspected of carrying the virus. The new death toll is up from the previous number of 887 just two days ago. WHO […]
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has everyone paying close attention to their health here in the U.S. And after a bit of a scare, the New York City Health Department issued a statement Monday saying that one patient taken in for testing is unlikely to have the Ebola virus. “After consultation with CDC and […]
