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Second Ebola Nurse to Be Moved Out of Dallas Hospital

2014-10-17 05:02:35| Biotech - Topix.net

Nina Pham, the first nurse to contract Ebola in the United States, will be transferred from Dallas to the National Institutes for Health hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, tonight, federal officials told ABC News. Pham, 26, contracted Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas.

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Texas nurse with Ebola had visited family in Ohio

2014-10-16 09:01:31| Airlines - Topix.net

A Texas nurse's Ebola diagnosis after a visit to Ohio led to public health alerts, precautions and worries Wednesday as officials tried to determine who had close contact with her and keep the illness from spreading. Officials in Summit County, where the woman visited family over the weekend, said one individual in Ohio who had household contact with 29-year-old Amber Joy Vinson self-quarantined at home Tuesday after Vinson's family was notified that she developed Ebola symptoms.

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Texas nurse was familiar with risks of Ebola virus

2014-10-15 11:10:51| Biotech - Topix.net

The Texas nurse who caught Ebola from an infected patient was no stranger to the risks of working around one of the world's most feared viruses. In nursing school, Nina Pham had studied microbiology and infection prevention.

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US warns Ebola could become next AIDS amid fears for Spanish nurse

2014-10-10 12:31:50| Biotech - Topix.net

A top US health official urged swift action on Thursday to prevent the deadly Ebola virus from becoming the next AIDS epidemic, while a Spanish nurse was at "serious risk" of dying. Teresa Romero, 44, is "very ill and her life is at serious risk as a consequence of the virus," Madrid's regional president Ignacio Gonzalez told parliament.

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