Dr. Deborah Birx, who helped coordinate the international response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak, told “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that “there’s a deep bench” at the CDC, FDA to facilitate an Ebola response despite that neither agency has a confirmed agency head. Source link
Angry residents of a town at the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo attacked and burned a tent that was part of a health center where people are being treated for the virus, the staff there said Saturday. It was the second such attack in the region in a week. No one was … Read more
Officials have increased the number of countries in Africa at risk for Ebola from three to 10. A third entry point is open for Americans traveling from certain high-risk countries back into the U.S. Holly Williams reports. Source link
Three Red Cross volunteers have died, believed to have contracted the Ebola virus during a humanitarian mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in March, the organization said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “At the time of the intervention, the community was not aware … Read more
U.S. tightens Ebola travel restrictions as new cases emerge abroad – CBS News Watch CBS News The U.S. has tightened its Ebola travel restrictions as more cases emerge in Africa and health officials battle misinformation about the virus. Source link
The Red Cross announced on Saturday that three volunteers had died in the Democratic Republic of Congo after apparently contracting Ebola while on duty there in March. The central African country has been gripped by an outbreak of the deadly viral disease which the World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency. The … Read more
One of the first cases of Ebola that Rose Tchwenko heard about in the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was in a healthcare worker. But instead of going to a hospital, she said, his family tried to care for him. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free … Read more
Bunia, Congo — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors … Read more
Flight diverts to Canada over Ebola concerns: “Suddenly all the flight attendants had face masks on” – CBS News Watch CBS News A flight headed for Detroit made a last-minute diversion to Canada on Wednesday night over Ebola concerns stemming from a passenger who wasn’t supposed to be on board. CBS News’ Gwen Baumgardner and … Read more
The U.S. is now refusing entry to any passenger without an American passport who has been to the Congo, Uganda, or South Sudan in the past three weeks. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder, an infectious disease specialist who treated patients during the West African Ebola epidemic, joins to discuss the latest on the … Read more