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Fiance of Ebola Victim to Write a Book
The fiancee of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has a book deal.Louise Troh's memoir is scheduled for April 28, to be published jointly by The Weinstein Company and The Perseus Book Group. Weinstein tells The Associated Press the book currently is untitled.
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Friends, Family of Dead Ebola Patient Reach Milestone
As her boyfriend Thomas Eric Duncan lay dying of Ebola in a Dallas hospital bed, Louise Troh battled loneliness and fear that she too had contracted the disease while confined to a stranger's home under armed guard.
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US to Issue New Ebola Guidelines, Watch Lists to Shrink
The United States will issue strict new guidelines telling American health workers to cover their skin and hair when dealing with Ebola patients, a top health official said on Sunday, while some of the dozens of people being watched for possible exposure to the virus are expected to be cleared.
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US to Revise Ebola Protocol, Pentagon Readies Team
Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top US federal health official said on Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the US, if needed.
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Ebola Monitoring Inconsistent as Virus Spread
Public health officials' response in monitoring and limiting movement of workers who care for Texas patients with Ebola has been inconsistent.
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First US Ebola Victim Remembered for Compassion
Thomas Eric Duncan was remembered on Saturday as a big-hearted and compassionate man whose virtues may have led to his infection with Ebola in his native Liberia and death as the first victim of the disease in the United States.
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Texas Health Worker Isolated on Cruise Ship Over Possible Ebola Contact
A Texas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States has been isolated on a cruise ship despite showing no symptoms of the disease, the Department of State said on Friday.
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Second Texas Healthcare Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement on Wednesday.
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US Sets Up Rapid-Response Ebola Team; Dallas Nurse Improves
The United States is establishing a rapid-response team to help hospitals "within hours" whenever there is a case of Ebola, the top doctor leading the fight against the deadly virus said on Tuesday.
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Other Caregivers at Risk of Exposure to Ebola: US Health Officials
A "breach of protocol" at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker with the deadly virus, and other caregivers could potentially be exposed, federal health officials said on Sunday.
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First Ebola Patient Diagnosed in United States Dies
The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died on Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, said a hospital spokesperson.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting for His Life' Says Health Centre Head
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on Sunday and appeared not to be receiving any of the experimental medicines for the virus, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting For His Life' Says Centres for Disease Control Head
The first person to develop Ebola in the United States was struggling to survive at a Dallas hospital on Sunday after his condition worsened to critical, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.
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Texas Home Where Ebola Patient Fell Ill to be Cleaned After Delay
A cleanup crew began its decontamination work at the Dallas apartment complex where the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States had been staying before he was admitted to the hospital five days ago and where he remained in serious condition on Friday.
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Liberia to Prosecute Man Who Brought Ebola to US
Liberia plans to prosecute the airline passenger who brought Ebola into the US, alleging that he lied on a health questionnaire about not having any contact with an infected person, authorities said Thursday.
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Fiance of Ebola Victim to Write a Book
The fiancee of Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan has a book deal.Louise Troh's memoir is scheduled for April 28, to be published jointly by The Weinstein Company and The Perseus Book Group. Weinstein tells The Associated Press the book currently is untitled.
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Friends, Family of Dead Ebola Patient Reach Milestone
As her boyfriend Thomas Eric Duncan lay dying of Ebola in a Dallas hospital bed, Louise Troh battled loneliness and fear that she too had contracted the disease while confined to a stranger's home under armed guard.
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US to Issue New Ebola Guidelines, Watch Lists to Shrink
The United States will issue strict new guidelines telling American health workers to cover their skin and hair when dealing with Ebola patients, a top health official said on Sunday, while some of the dozens of people being watched for possible exposure to the virus are expected to be cleared.
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US to Revise Ebola Protocol, Pentagon Readies Team
Revised guidance for health care workers treating Ebola patients will include using protective gear "with no skin showing," a top US federal health official said on Sunday, and the Pentagon announced it was forming a team to assist medical staff in the US, if needed.
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Ebola Monitoring Inconsistent as Virus Spread
Public health officials' response in monitoring and limiting movement of workers who care for Texas patients with Ebola has been inconsistent.
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First US Ebola Victim Remembered for Compassion
Thomas Eric Duncan was remembered on Saturday as a big-hearted and compassionate man whose virtues may have led to his infection with Ebola in his native Liberia and death as the first victim of the disease in the United States.
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Texas Health Worker Isolated on Cruise Ship Over Possible Ebola Contact
A Texas health worker who may have had contact with specimens from the first patient diagnosed with Ebola in the United States has been isolated on a cruise ship despite showing no symptoms of the disease, the Department of State said on Friday.
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Second Texas Healthcare Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with Ebola has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State Health Services said in a statement on Wednesday.
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US Sets Up Rapid-Response Ebola Team; Dallas Nurse Improves
The United States is establishing a rapid-response team to help hospitals "within hours" whenever there is a case of Ebola, the top doctor leading the fight against the deadly virus said on Tuesday.
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Other Caregivers at Risk of Exposure to Ebola: US Health Officials
A "breach of protocol" at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker with the deadly virus, and other caregivers could potentially be exposed, federal health officials said on Sunday.
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First Ebola Patient Diagnosed in United States Dies
The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died on Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital, said a hospital spokesperson.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting for His Life' Says Health Centre Head
The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States was fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital on Sunday and appeared not to be receiving any of the experimental medicines for the virus, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
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Ebola Patient in Dallas 'Fighting For His Life' Says Centres for Disease Control Head
The first person to develop Ebola in the United States was struggling to survive at a Dallas hospital on Sunday after his condition worsened to critical, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control said.
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Texas Home Where Ebola Patient Fell Ill to be Cleaned After Delay
A cleanup crew began its decontamination work at the Dallas apartment complex where the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States had been staying before he was admitted to the hospital five days ago and where he remained in serious condition on Friday.
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Liberia to Prosecute Man Who Brought Ebola to US
Liberia plans to prosecute the airline passenger who brought Ebola into the US, alleging that he lied on a health questionnaire about not having any contact with an infected person, authorities said Thursday.
