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Nurse on flights may have had worse case of Ebola
2014-10-18 08:09:06| Airlines - Topix.net
The president of Frontier Airlines says a nurse who was on flights between Dallas and Cleveland and who later tested positive for Ebola may have been at a more advanced stage of the illness than previously thought. Barry Biffle emailed employees Friday about the findings by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ebola Nurse Amber Vinson Called Texas Health Officials Before Flight, Uncle Says
2014-10-17 20:38:28| Biotech - Topix.net
Dallas nurse Amber Vinson did not directly call federal health officials for permission to board a passenger flight Monday, instead she spoke to a team of Texas health officials who relayed her symptoms to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, her uncle told ABC News. "They called Amber back and told her, 'The CDC is OK with it.
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Attorney General Seeks to Block North St. Louis Facility From Accepting Ebola Waste
2014-10-17 19:00:46| Waste Management - Topix.net
According to a press release from Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster's office this morning, a medical waste management facility in north St. Louis has applied for permits that would allow it transport and dispose of material that's been in contact with the Ebola virus.
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American Airlines Group Inc (AAL), Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE:DAL): Ebola Got Stock Prices Bleeding
2014-10-17 16:40:49| Airlines - Topix.net
Murphy's Law suggests that if something can go wrong, it eventually will. This year we have Ebola to scare off profits from purchasing stock, for the Airline Industry at least.
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Quiet 'whiz kid' now public face of Ebola fight
2014-10-17 12:48:25| Biotech - Topix.net
Last May, as Ebola crept across West Africa, America's top infectious disease expert told a group of Harvard students in a commencement speech to always second-guess their assumptions because "overconfidence can kill." Five months later in a hearing room on Capitol Hill, Tom Frieden was accused of not following his own advice - repeatedly assuring the nation it was safe from an Ebola outbreak even as two U.S. nurses became infected and one was allowed to board a commercial airline, each following safety protocols Frieden helped put in place.
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