Contacts of the infected nurse. She and one of her close contacts are both in isolation. Craig boswell, cbs news, the white house. In light of the first contracted ebola case in the u. S. , inova healthcare says it is increasing its level of preparedness above and beyond what the cdc recommends. Hospitals will hold more drills and increase the level of personal protective equipment. The hospital is also increasing its readiness as First Responders. Inovas Ebola Task Force says it will continue to evaluate its preparations and adjust its plans as the ebola situation evolves. A criminal investigation is underway after a horrible accident over the weekend in oxon hill that killed five people including two children and a mother of eight. Reporter it was a mercedes sedan screaming slickened livingston road friday night that caused this accident. The question is why . There were two kids and three women in this acura all from the same family coming home from home depot when the car was crush
Might crack the 80degree mark in a few spots with a breeze out of the south, southeast 10 to 20 miles an hour. The shower threat will be west of us for the most part out toward the blue ridge, Shenandoah Valley, areas west. A touch of fog as we looked at a moment ago to the southwest. Thats thought too bad. Two, three miles. The dense fog of last night is pretty much lifted. Were looking at a lot of things lifting almost due north with the the rain. Some showers out to our southwest are moving north. So light sprinkles or drizzle we have, thats about it for now. Were in the 60s going well up in the 70s if not near 80 later on. Nick and andrea . Thank you, howard. At 6 01 heres whats in the news right now. A United Nations medical worker from germany has died from ebola. The worker contracted the disease in liberia. Researchers have begun human Clinical Trials on an experimental canadian made ebola vaccine. That vaccine has shown promise in tests on primates. Today president obama along
Ever since the latest outbreak of Ebola viral disease in West Africa, there has been panic that’s metastasized to the US, even though the risk of a major outbreak here is very low. Unfortunately, whenever there’s panic over a disease, whatever the disease is, there soon follows quackery in response to that panic, from quacks who are either looking to make a buck or who are true believers (or both). For instance, I’ve seen high dose vitamin C touted as an Ebola remedy.
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