10 Americans Possibly Exposed to Ebola Returning to US

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From ABC News:

10 Americans Possibly Exposed to Ebola Returning to US

None of the 10 people are sick, the CDC said today, but they all had contact with an American who tested positive for Ebola and was admitted to the National Institutes of Health earlier this week....

...The Americans will not travel commercially and will be near the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the National Institutes of Health or Emory University Hospital, the CDC added. Four of the 10 patients will be quarantined at Nebraska's hospital for observation, Nebraska Medicine said....

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Found at NBC News:

It's Now 16 Americans Coming Back From the Ebola Zone

At least 15 Americans were exposed to Ebola from a single, infected U.S. healthcare worker and have been brought back to the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.

They all work for Partners in Health, a nonprofit group that's been helping fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Late last week, one person who was potentially exposed was brought to Atlanta to be near Emory University Hospital for observation.

Over the weekend, Partners in Health said 10 more of its staffers also might have been exposed to the often deadly virus when they were trying to help their sick colleague — who hasn't been identified and who's in critical condition at the National Institutes of Health outside Washington, D.C. ...

US Ebola Patient in Critical Condition

Strange-did they not take precautions when "they tried to help their sick colleague"?

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Ebola Suit for Patients Allows for More Normal Clinical Work

This is a suit designed to be worn by the Ebola victim rather than by the health care professionals.

I must admit that it made me think of a body bag.

Given that these folks hemorrhage and have explosive diarrhea and emesis, I would think that they would require frequent care which would necessitate opening that suit.

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