Tag: disease

Kaci Hickox: Judge Rules In Favor Of Nurse Over Quarantine Lawsuit
Kaci Hickox, the nurse who made the news after a very public battle with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Maine Governor Paul LePage over Ebola quarantine laws,...
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Nina Pham Reunited With Bentley After The Dog’s Ebola Quarantine
On Saturday, November 1, Dallas nurse Nina Pham was reunited with her dog after its 21-day quarantine on suspicion for Ebola infection. Pham, who had contracted Ebola while caring...
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Samantha Power Visits Ebola-Stricken Countries To Drum Up Health Care Support
US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power has flown to West Africa to encourage international support for the fight against Ebola. Power traveled through Guinea on Sunday and landed o...
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Ebola Patient Did Take Uber, But Company Says Nobody’s At Risk
Dr. Craig Spencer, the third person diagnosed with Ebola in the US and first in New York City, did in fact take an Uber ride just a day before testing positive for the virus. U...
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Ebola in New Jersey? Not If Christie Has a Say
Three people have now been diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. and one of them has died. The small outbreak seems to have been c...
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Ebola In Ohio: Family Defends Nurse That Contracted Virus
Amber Vinson, the second nurse from Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas to contract the Ebola virus, has reportedly been getting negative comments about...
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Ebola Travel Ban May Do More Harm Than Good
Some US lawmakers are calling for a travel ban on people from West African countries most affected by the Ebola virus in the attempt to safeguard Americans from the disease. Howeve...
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Amber Vinson Contracts Ebola, Virus Spreads In The US
The second nurse to be diagnosed with Ebola in Dallas has reportedly been identified as Amber Vinson. After treating a patient diagnosed with Ebola who later died, Vinson herself c...
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Nina Pham Reportedly “Doing Well” After Contracting Ebola Virus
The nurse who contracted Ebola from a Liberian patient is reportedly “doing well” while receiving treatment at the Texas hospital for which she works. Nina Pham is the first person...
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Ebola in Boston Dismissed by Health Officials
A suspected Ebola patient in Boston was cleared this week as fears of the disease have begun to rise in the U.S. Beth Israel...
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UK: Ebola Screening Comes to Heathrow
Even in countries not likely to be widely affected by Ebola people are beginning to worry about the growing outbreak of the disease. Tensions in the U.S. are rising after a Dall...
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Ebola Kills Doctor Who Treated Dozens
Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan, who risked contracting Ebola to treat dozens of patients,...
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Chikungunya Virus Present In Leon County
On Wednesday, Leon County officials said that there are two cases of chikungunya virus that were found in the county. However, they said that the presence of the virus should cause...
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Schizophrenia May Be Caused By Genetic Mutations
“Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair.” The Scottish psychiatrist R.D. Laing’s words are as apt as they are succinct. 20% to 40% of men and...
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