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Family Who Took In Ebola Patient In Its Home Locked Up In Apartment

Family Who Hosted U.S. Ebola Patient Locked Up, Under Armed Guard

Desiree Sison desireesison68@gmail.com |

Oct 03, 2014 03:00 AM EDT

Four members of a family U.S. Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan stayed with were locked up in their Texas apartment under armed surveillance Thursday as the web of people who might have been exposed to the virus has widened.

Over a thousand children have been affected by a mysterious respiratory disease that has been sweeping at least 10 Midwest states over the past weeks.

Rhode Island Child Infected with Enterovirus 68 Dies, Marking 4th Death Linked to the Virus

Erika Villanueva |

Oct 02, 2014 03:05 AM EDT

A 10-year-old girl from Rhode Island who died last week after testing positive for the enterovirus 68 marks the fourth death linked to the outbreak that began last month.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director, Dr. Thomas Frieden, speaks at the CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry Says Five Young Students Exposed to Ebola Patient

Dan Weisman |

Oct 01, 2014 04:06 PM EDT

Five students at different schools were exposed to the Ebola virus patient being treated at a Dallas hospital, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and state health officials said in a news conference Wednesday addressing issues related to the first U.S. diagnosed Ebola patient.

Anti-Addiction Demonstration Call For New FDA Commissioner

Christl Leong |

Sep 29, 2014 05:31 AM EDT

Hundreds of protesters marched outside Washington on Sunday as they called for stricter regulations on prescription drugs and for Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to step down.

Number of Lab Accidents in U.S. Raises Safety Concerns in Congress

Dino Lirios |

Sep 25, 2014 09:28 AM EDT

There have been more than 1,100 incidents involving select agents between 2008 and 2012.

Ebola - Dr. Kent Brantly (R) at ELWA Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia in this undated handout photograph courtesy of Samaritan's Purse.

Ebola Arrives In U.S. As First Patient Is Brought To Atlanta Hospital

Christl Leong |

Aug 03, 2014 04:10 AM EDT

An American doctor infected with the deadly Ebola virus while working to save patients infected with the disease in Liberia has arrived in the U.S. on Saturday with the second American expected to arrive later this week.

Border Crisis, children sleep at a detention facility in Brownsville, Texas.

Immigrant Children Infect Agents With Contagious Diseases – DHS

Christl Leong |

Aug 01, 2014 11:15 AM EDT

A report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that unaccompanied immigrant children with contagious diseases have exposed or infected U.S. agents to chicken pox, lice, scabies and tuberculosis.

Center for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Issues Level 3 Travel Warning To U.S. Citizens, Must Avoid West Africa

Princess Carreon |

Aug 01, 2014 01:25 AM EDT

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 3 Travel Warning for U.S. residents to avoid nonessential travel to areas of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, while government officials are trying to contain and prevent the spread of the disease.

FDA Approves Non-addictive Painkiller

Nikki Alfonso |

Jul 25, 2014 06:15 AM EDT

The pill is only prescribed to patients who have chronic pain.

CDC Admits Improper Transport of Deadly Pathogens Due to Safety Breach at Labs

Rhona Arcaya |

Jul 11, 2014 09:51 PM EDT

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revealed five incidents where amthrax, birdflu and other dangerous pathogens were improperly sent from one CDC lab to other laboratories incapable of handling them.

Camels Confirmed As a Source of MERS Virus

Christl Leong |

Jun 05, 2014 10:42 AM EDT

Camels have been confirmed to be "reservoirs" of the MERS virus and can subsequently infect humans, a new study says.

Syphilis On the Rise Among Gay and Bisexual Men

Robert Sarkanen |

May 09, 2014 06:23 AM EDT

CDC reports that cases of Syphilis, a venereal disease, are increasing among gay and bisexual men in the United States, despite being nearly eliminated more than a decade ago.

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