Thursday, November 13, 2014

What Happened to Ebola Coming to Get Us?

Elections over or something?Oh, wait. Here’s something…
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Nurses across the United States will stage 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.

  HuffPo
President Barack Obama's request for $6.18 billion to fight Ebola will go to fill years of funding cuts at home and abroad that have put the U.S. at risk of new disease outbreaks, experts argued Wednesday.

Republicans critical of the federal government response complained about what they called a confused and uncoordinated policy, but no one at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing seemed to indicate the money wouldn't be approved before the end of the year.

  NBC
UPDATE: 11/14
A surgeon working in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown to Nebraska for treatment, according to a US government source.

The surgeon, Dr Martin Salia, is a citizen of Sierra Leone but also a legal permanent US resident, an official with knowledge of the case told the Associated Press. The 44-year-old Salia would be treated at the Nebraska Medical Centre in Omaha, said the official.

  The Guardian

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