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The entrance to Bellevue Hospital where Doctor Craig Spencer is being treated in an isolation unit. (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)
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The cruise ship Carnival Magic passes near Cozumel, Mexico, on October 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Angel Castellanos)
Texas lab worker on cruise tests negative for Ebola
Galveston, Reuters—A Dallas hospital lab worker who spent much of a cruise holiday in isolation after possible exposure to Ebola has tested negative for the disease, and in Texas some of the dozens of people still being monitored were expected to be cleared on Sunday...Caption:
A member of the NGO U Fondation leaves a house after visiting quarantined family members suffering from the Ebola virus, on October 16, 2014, in Monrovia, Liberia. (AFP Photo/Zoom Dosso)
Obama open to appointing Ebola ‘tsar’, opposes travel ban
Washington, Reuters—President Barack Obama said he was considering appointing an Ebola “tsar” to coordinate the fight against the virus in the United States, but he remained opposed to a ban on travel from West Africa. Obama’s administration is...Caption:
US President Barack Obama holds a meeting with cabinet agencies coordinating the government’s Ebola response in the White House, Washington, on October 15, 2014. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
US steps up its domestic response to Ebola crisis
Washington, AP—The federal government is ramping up its response to the Ebola crisis after a second Dallas nurse became ill and the disclosure that she had been cleared to fly a day before her diagnosis. While Ebola patients are not considered contagious until they...Caption:
Members of Dallas’ fire rescue unit prepare to decontaminate areas near the The Village Bend East apartment of a second healthcare worker who has tested positive for Ebola, on October 15, 2014. (AP Photo/City of Dallas Public Information, Sana Syed)