NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014.  Today, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene conducted a test for the Ebola virus on a minor patient who had been transferred to HHC Bellevue Hospital Center last night. This patient developed a fever this morning while under observation at the hospital,[Read More…]

NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014.  Forced quarantine of asymptomatic health workers returning from fighting the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is not grounded on scientific evidence and could undermine efforts to curb the epidemic at its source, the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Diligent[Read More…]

NEW YORK –-(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014.  The American Civil Liberties Union said today that while the government must be vigilant in guarding against the potential spread of Ebola, officials should not overreact by issuing medically unnecessary quarantines. Anthony D. Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, made this comment: “The government’s[Read More…]

CHICAGO –-(ENEWSPF)–October 27, 2014.   Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck today provided further guidance on Illinois’ Ebola safety guidelines, including mandatory home quarantines for individuals who have a high-risk of exposure to the virus. “The Ebola safety guidance IDPH issued on Friday was designed to[Read More…]

In the UN Humanitarian Response Depot (UNHRD) warehouse in Accra, Ghana, UNMEER’s head, Anthony Banbury (left), spoke to some international media outlets on the latest developments in the Ebola Response. Photo: UNMEER GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–27 October 2014 – The head of the United Nations Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (UNMEER) has wrapped[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 26, 2014.  The President on Sunday afternoon convened his public health and national security teams to discuss appropriate measures to mitigate the risk of additional domestic Ebola cases. The President’s advisors updated him on policy considerations for new measures pertaining to returning healthcare workers, whose selfless efforts are[Read More…]

CHICAGO – (ENEWSPF)—October 26, 2014. Governor Pat Quinn on Friday ordered the Illinois Department of Public Health to require a mandatory 21-day home quarantine for high-risk individuals who have had direct contact with an individual infected with the Ebola virus while in Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea. The mandatory quarantine[Read More…]

An MSF staff member examines a young patient at the Guéckédou Ebola case management center in Guinea. Julien Rey/MSF Geneva—(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014.  Following a high-level meeting on access and funding for Ebola vaccines convened yesterday by World Health Organization (WHO), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has urged that plans[Read More…]

Clinical trials of this candidate Ebola vaccine will take place in the US, Germany, Gabon and Kenya. Photo: WHO/M. Missioneiro GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–24 October 2014 – The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has convened a meeting with top Government officials from Ebola-affected countries, regulatory agencies, vaccine manufacturers and funding agencies to[Read More…]

NNU co-president Deborah Burger, RN testifies before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 24, 2014.  Following a Congressional hearing Friday morning in Washington on Ebola and the latest confirmed Ebola patient in New York Thursday, National Nurses United said a major gap remains in U.S.[Read More…]