Ebola Seems to Have Disappeared Off the Radar…
The stories about Ebola are still out there, but as with any news…time marches on and something new takes its place. This is for those of you who still would like to know what is currently going on.
U.S. Nurses to Protest, Strike Over Ebola Measures
From the article:
Thousands of nurses across the United States staged protest rallies and strikes on Wednesday over what they say is insufficient protection for health workers dealing with patients possibly stricken with the deadly Ebola virus.
California-based National Nurses United had expected about 100,000 nurses nationwide to participate in the protest, but officials from the union could not say on Wednesday afternoon how many people took part.
http://news.yahoo.com/u-nurses-protest-strike-over-ebola-measures-110348906.html
AP Source: Doctor With Ebola Coming to US for Care
From the article:
A surgeon working in West Africa’s Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown to the United States for treatment on Saturday, according to a person in the federal government with direct knowledge of the case.
The surgeon, Dr. Martin Salia, will be treated at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, the person said. A Sierra Leone citizen, the 44-year-old Salia lives in Maryland and is a legal permanent U.S. resident, according to the person, who was not authorized to release the information and spoke on condition of anonymity
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/ap-source-doctor-ebola-coming-us-care-26903235
Exclusive: MSF Should Have Called for Ebola Vaccine Earlier, says Aid Group Veteran
From the article:
Medecins Sans Frontiers “wasted time” by waiting too long to call for vaccines to fight an unprecedented outbreak of Ebola in West Africa, a veteran of the medical charity told Reuters.
The group’s response to the epidemic which has so far killed more than 5,000 people has been widely praised by governments and the World Health Organization. While Western donors dithered and other aid groups pulled out, MSF deployed hundreds to the Ebola “hot zones” and treated more than 3,000 patients.
Medecins Sans Frontiers aka Doctor’s Without Borders