A team of 165 Cuban medical doctors and nurses have arrived in Sierra Leone to support the Ebola response efforts. Photo: WHO/S. Gborie CUBA–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2014 – Ebola is no longer a localized public health emergency, top UN officials said in Havana today as they commended Cuba for sending doctors[Read More…]

Nurses Calling on President and Congress to Mandate Highest Ebola Protocols to Protect Front-line Healthcare Workers and the Public.Nurses Invite the Public to Sign Petition to Congress and the White House Demanding Highest Ebola Standards for All Hospital. Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014.  Registered nurses in various cities across the[Read More…]

Corporate Trade Agenda Threatens American Consumer’s Right to Know Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 20, 2014.  Today, the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled that mandatory country of origin labels (COOL) rules for meat and poultry that went into effect in 2013 still ran afoul of the global trade rules. The WTO’s compliance panel[Read More…]

GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2014.  The lines on the tabular situation reports, sent to WHO each day by its country office in Nigeria, have now been full of zeros for 42 days. WHO officially declares that Nigeria is now free of Ebola virus transmission. This is a spectacular success story that shows[Read More…]

“I lost my parents to Ebola,” says survivor Tafala, at the Ebola Treatment Centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Photo: UNICEF Sierra Leone/2014/Tanya Bindra GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–17 October 2014 – Survivors of Ebola who have developed immunity to the virus are being trained to care for children in Liberia and Sierra Leone, a[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014.  National Nurses United today welcomed the appointment of a White House Ebola czar, but said the move still falls short of what is needed if the Obama administration does not exercise its authority to require all hospitals to comply with the highest uniform, national safety[Read More…]

CDPH continues coordination efforts with city health, public safety and transportation leaders Mayor Emanuel meets with public health officials, cabinet members and hospital leaders on Ebola preparedness. Photo Credit: Brooke Collins // City of Chicago CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. Mayor Rahm Emanuel today convened cabinet members, public health officials and hospital[Read More…]

Governor Quinn Directs Agency to Assemble Ebola Preparedness Task Force, Announces Informational Hotline and Website CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014.  Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, joined by local health department, hospital, health care and emergency response officials, held a media briefing today to update the public about[Read More…]

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2014.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved new labeling for Embeda (morphine sulfate and naltrexone hydrochloride) extended-release (ER) capsules, an opioid analgesic to treat pain severe enough to require daily, around-the-clock, long-term opioid treatment and for which alternative treatment options are inadequate. Embeda is[Read More…]

Studies will prepare vaccine candidate for clinical trials Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 17, 2014. The development of a vaccine to prevent Ebola virus disease will be accelerated with support from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR).  Under a one-year contract[Read More…]