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Health Officials Revise Ebola Treatment Protocol
While treating a Liberian man infected with Ebola, two Dallas nurses became infected with the virus. Now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has tightened its guidelines for Ebola treatment.
Vaccines Were Not Tied to Multiple Sclerosis
Many people worry that vaccines meant to prevent disease may cause other illnesses. But a recent study found that vaccines likely did not cause multiple sclerosis (MS) or disorders like it.
Contacts of First US Ebola Patient Cleared From Watch List
More than 40 people in Texas breathed a sigh of relief Monday — they had been taken off a watch list for Ebola infection after coming into contact with the first patient diagnosed in the US, Thomas Eric Duncan.
Special Treatment Centers May Be Needed to Stop Ebola in US
As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa spreads and fears heighten in the US, health experts are assessing America's ability to stop an Ebola outbreak at home. Those experts said conventional US treatment centers may not be enough.
Texas Health Worker Quarantined on Cruise Ship
A health worker who might have come into contact with lab samples from an Ebola patient boarded a cruise ship last Sunday. Now the worker and a traveling partner are in voluntary isolation in a cabin of the ship, which is outside of Belize.
CDC Develops Faster Test for EV-D68
The old test for enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) took weeks to produce results. But the new test the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed only takes a few days.
Dallas Nurse Amber Vinson Free of Ebola and Released from Hospital
Four days after Dallas nurse Nina Pham tested positive for Ebola, a second health care worker who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has also tested positive for the virus.
WHO Predicts Alarming Ebola Case Numbers
As the Ebola outbreak continues to spread in West Africa, health officials are calling for increased measures to fight it. World Health Organization (WHO) estimates say that, if the global response to the crisis isn't ramped up, the outbreak could worsen.
Enterovirus D68 Blamed in Michigan Death
Enterovirus D68 (EV-D68) has taken the life of 21-month-old Michigan toddler Madeline Reid. Her passing is the latest of five deaths tied to the recent EV-D68 outbreak, which began in mid-August.
NIH Says Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Is Ebola-Free
A Texas health worker who treated the first Ebola patient diagnosed on US soil has tested positive for Ebola in Dallas.