Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 12, 2014A health worker who helped care for a Liberian man who died from Ebola reported a low-grade fever and is isolated in stable condition.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
Experts urge innovative ways to test new Ebola drugs
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 10, 2014Experts today pushed for new ways to test Ebola treatments, and two groups renewed their urgent pleas for aid.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
More airline screening, new Texas details in evolving Ebola situation
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsOct 09, 2014Canada and Britain announced enhanced travel screening, as health officials in Spain probe how a health worker was infected.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
News Scan for Oct 03, 2014
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Funds for new flu testsSimvastatin for ARDSFlawed FEMA systemShare Tweet Email Print & PDF
American doctor exposed to Ebola hospitalized at NIH facility
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsSep 29, 2014Airlifted out of Sierra Leone yesterday, a US doctor will be enrolled in a clinical trial.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
WHO, CDC sketch varying Ebola projections
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsSep 23, 2014The WHO numbers come from an epidemiological analysis and the CDC’s estimate is from its newly released modeling tool.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
WHO maintains Ebola health emergency, airs response concerns
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsSep 22, 2014Outbreak toll climbs in hot spots, with reports of another evacuated health worker, more treatment beds, and an experimental antiviral.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
UN security council to hold emergency Ebola talks
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsSep 15, 2014US lawmakers will hear from federal officials, ahead of an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Ebola.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF
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News Scan for Aug 27, 2014
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WHO: Medical worker infections and shortages hamper Ebola response
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsAug 25, 2014Amid news of more infected aid workers, the WHO has heightened concerns about the impact the outbreak is having frontline workers and prospects of getting help from overseas.Share Tweet Email Prin…
Recovery of US Ebola patients renews focus on treatment
Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP NewsAug 21, 2014Two medical missionaries infected with Ebola in Liberia are out of the hospital, leaving lessons for clinicians on treating the disease.Share Tweet Email Print & PDF