It still rages on. Here are some snippets of Ebola News to get you up to speed:
"...in
November alone,, 1800 new cases of Ebola just in Sierra Leone (three times as many as Liberia) according to the World Health Organization."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/28/wo...rra-leone.html
"This month, the
Senate Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on Ebola, including testimony by Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He noted that the CDC had lowered its estimate of the number of cases likely to emerge in West Africa. Despite this positive news,
Ebola remains largely out of control in Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization announced this month that Guinea is "relatively stable," but the recent
spread of the virus into Mali only confirms the need for a greater sustained effort to combat Ebola at its origin."
Ebola out of headlines but on the horizon (Opinion) - CNN.com
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U.S. officials trying to set up a network of hospitals in this country to care for Ebola patients are running into reluctance from facilities worried about steep costs, unwanted attention and the possibility of scaring away other patients. 'They’re saying, ‘Look, we might be willing to do this, but we don’t want to be called an Ebola hospital.' Ten people have been treated for Ebola in the United States..."
U.S. hospitals wary of caring for Ebola patients because of cost and stigma - The Washington Post
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Canada will halt processing visa applications for residents and nationals of the three West African nations where Ebola is widespread, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said. 'Our number one priority is to protect Canadians,' Alexander said."
Canada follows Australia in Imposing Ban on Ebola-affected CountriesWall Street Observer | Wall Street Observer
"Men who recover from Ebola should abstain from sex for three months to minimize the risk of passing the virus on in their semen, the World Health Organization (WHO) said."
WHO: Ebola survivors should abstain from sex for 3 months | Al Jazeera America
"An
experimental vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease was well-tolerated and produced immune system responses in all 20 healthy adults who received it in a phase 1 clinical trial conducted by researchers from the National Institutes of Health."
NIAID/GSK experimental Ebola vaccine appears safe, prompts immune response
"A
small Sacramento church is making a massive effort to help Liberians suffering in the Ebola outbreak that has claimed more than 7,000 lives in the country. Boxes of life-saving medical supplies will soon be on their way to the Ebola-ravaged country from Sacramento’s Friends In Jesus International Church."
Small Sacramento Church Sending Massive Aid To Help Liberia Ebola Outbreak « CBS Sacramento
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