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Ebola in US
Ebola Cost New York More Than $20 Million, Says Chuck Schumer, and He Wants It Back
NEW YORK—Fighting off Ebola was a costly endeavor. That’s why we should get the feds to reimburse us, argued Sen. Chuck Schumer Sunday.
Mandatory Quarantine Has Officials Calling Out the Governors
EW YORK—Four days after the first Ebola outbreak in New York, a dispute has emerged over how to deal with travelers from the three affected West African countries.
Thousands of Nurses Learn New Ebola Procedures
NEW YORK—Thousands of doctors and nurses attended an education session on Ebola in Manhattan Tuesday, where officials from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) demonstrated how to safely treat patients if New York City were to suffer an outbreak of the virus.
NY Pol: Bar Planes If Anyone Came From West Africa
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.— The Republican candidate for governor says entire planeloads of passengers should be turned away in New York if anyone aboard is traveling from the West African nations plagued with Ebola.Rob Astorino said on a telephone news conf...
Complications Emerge as U.S. Deals With Ebola
Just on the heels of the first Ebola death in the U.S., the refusal of Louisiana to dispose of the incinerated waste from victim Thomas Eric Duncan highlights a less than well-orchestrated national response to the deadly virus.
First Ebola Transmission in America
An American became infected with Ebola in America. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the hospital where an Ebola patient was treated must have made some kind of mistake. But no one has identified what that mistake was.
New York City Is Prepared to Deal With Ebola, but No Cause for Alarm Now, Says Mayor
NEW YORK—In light of the recent Ebola outbreak in West African countries that has spread to the United States, Mayor Bill de Blasio reassured New Yorkers on Thursday that there was “no cause for alarm,” as the city has not identified any cases of Ebola.
