Showing posts with label Ebola. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ebola. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Tina Fey Jokes About Cosby, Kardashian At Gala 

Ian Mohr, Nov. 22, 2014, Page Six

While emceeing the event, Fey further took aim at topical targets including Bill CosbyKim Kardashian’s butt (“It’s currently on display in the Spitzer Hall of Human Origins, next to Homo erectus”) and Ebola (“I would love to be quarantined”).

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Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Woman Undergoing Ebola Monitoring Dies Of Apparent Heart Attack In Brooklyn Salon

Joseph Stepansky, Nov. 19, 2014, New York Daily News

A woman undergoing Ebola monitoring after returning from West Africa died of an apparent heart attack in a Brooklyn hair salon Tuesday, authorities said.

First responders in haz-mat gear descended on African Queen Hair Braiding on Belmont Ave. in Brownsville at about 2:45 p.m., city health and fire department officials said.

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Monday, November 17, 2014

A Doctor's Mistaken Ebola Test: ‘We Were Celebrating. . . . Then Everything Fell Apart’

Kevin Sieff, Nov. 17, 2014, Washington Post

When Martin Salia’s Ebola test came back negative, his friends and colleagues threw their arms around him. They shook his hand. They patted him on the back. They removed their protective gear and cried.

But when his symptoms remained nearly a week later, Salia took another test, on Nov. 10. This one came back positive, sending the Sierra Leonean doctor with ties to Maryland on a desperate, belated quest for treatment and forcing the colleagues who had embraced him into quarantine.

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Saturday, November 15, 2014

Ebola Outbreak: Doctor Infected In Sierra Leone To Be Treated In Omaha

CBS News, Nov. 13, 2014

A surgeon who was infected with Ebola in Sierra Leone will be flown to Omaha, Nebraska, for treatment this weekend, CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook has confirmed.

The doctor-- who has not been identified -- is from Sierra Leone but is a permanent resident of the U.S.

Two prior patients -- American aid worker Dr. Rick Sacra and videojournalist Ashoka Mukpo -- were successfully treated for Ebola at the Nebraska Medical Center.

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