Of it all is making some workers sign a contract to stay home. This as president obama picks his administrations ebola czar and tonight many lawmakers want to see a travel ban in place to cope with the ebola scare. Good evening, im lucy noland. Im dawn timmeney. Iain page is off tonight. The very first nurse diagnose with ebola receiving treatment in maryland. Fox 29s dave kinchen is live in bethesda outside the building where nina pham is under quarantine. Dave . Reporter thats right, doctors tell us nina pham is resting. They say she has been very, very tired because of her condition. Shes been here now for about 24 hours, and doctors tell us she will be here at the nih hospital for as long as it takes. Her condition is fair. She is stable and she is resting comfortably. Reporter nina phams first full day at the National Institutes of Health Hospital in bethesda, maryland, as tiring as you can imagine. 26 year old nurse continuing her fight after being diagnosed with ebola following
They say she has been very, very tired because of her condition. Shes been here now for about 24 hours, and doctors tell us she will be here at the nih hospital for as long as it takes. Her condition is fair. She is stable and she is resting comfortably. Reporter nina phams first full day at the National Institutes of Health Hospital in bethesda, maryland, as tiring as you can imagine. 26 year old nurse continuing her fight after being diagnosed with ebola following extensive care for ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan who died last week. Health Officials Say she had significant exposure to his bodily fluids during treatment. I said she was in fair condition which implies that she does still have some symptoms. Shes very fatigued. This is a virus that really wreaks havoc on you. I mean you could come in and be getting better, you could have decrease in diarrhea and vomiting but youre still very, very tired. This virus knocks you out. Reporter she inter acted with medical staff in this vid
60s will be later on and right now 51 degrees to 56. It will be dry and those clouds will be leaving us for the weekend. Your neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when i come back. But first jillian has traffic. To you at home, lets start things off at the lehigh valley. Right at cedar crest boulevard. 309 and the northeast extension is free of any accidents right now. 76, this is the westbound side right at city avenue. No delays to report just yet, but this is where we start to see those delays give it a little bit of time and 76 will start to sledoow down. 18 minutes on the blue route northbound and if youre traveling 95 this morning, so far so good. Southbound from wood haven to the vine right now is a 14minute trip. Tracy . A texas nurse diagnosed with ebola is being treated near washington, d. C. Nina pham arrived at the National Institutes of Health Clinical center overnight. Treated in an Isolation Unit by staff specializing in Infectious Disease. One of two nurses diagnosed a
After something of a botched response initially by local and federal Health Officials to this ebola crisis and under intense pressure to do something, the president today appointed an ebola czar, official title Ebola Response coordinator, his name is ron klain. Hes a lawyer, former chief of staff to al gore and joe biden. Hes got his work cut out for him as the government makes a push to restore calm. We begin our reporting once again tonight with our National Correspondent kate snow in dallas. Reporter the announcement at the white house was unexpected. Ron klain will be the administrations ebola czar, a former chief of staff for two Vice President s, but not a medical expert. What we were looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. And thats exactly what ron klain is. Reporter Texas Governor rick perry cut a trip short. He called on the president to enact an air ban. Air travm is in fact how this disease crosses borders. And its certainly how it got to tex
After something of a botched response initially by local and federal Health Officials to this ebola crisis and under intense pressure to do something, the president today appointed an ebola czar, official title Ebola Response coordinator, his name is ron klain. Hes a lawyer, Democratic Party veteran, former chief of staff to al gore and joe biden. Hes got his work cut out for him as the government makes a push to restore calm. We begin our reporting once again tonight with our National Correspondent kate snow in dallas. Reporter the announcement at the white house was unexpected. Ron klain will be the administrations ebola czar, a former chief of staff for two Vice President s, but not a medical expert. What we were looking for is not an ebola expert but rather an implementation expert. And thats exactly what ron klain is. Reporter Texas Governor rick perry cut a trip to europe short. Today he called on the president to enact a ban for air travel to the u. S. For countries infected by