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• Nurses defend Dallas hospital following death of Liberian Ebola patient

  20 Oct 2014: Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas criticised over misdiagnosing Liberian Thomas Eric Duncan
  

• Family of first US Ebola victim tell of dispiriting public reaction to their plight

  19 Oct 2014: Youngor Jallah, the daughter of Eric Duncan’s fiance, has faced hostility and fear during her family’s three weeks in quarantine

• Cruz attacks White House on Ebola as Pentagon forms medical support team

  19 Oct 2014: Senator demands travel bans and extra border guards but Obama and senior officials seek to avoid public hysteria

• Obama warns against Ebola hysteria as cruise ship heads back to Texas

  18 Oct 2014: President rejects calls for west Africa travel ban as Oxfam warns disease could become ‘the disaster of our time’

• Nurses who fear Ebola have few options: complaining, sick days or walking out

  16 Oct 2014: Healthcare workers worried about Ebola can do little. They’re asking for better equipment and training, but beyond that, workplace laws offer them few protections

• Obama declares US must be more aggressive in monitoring Ebola

  15 Oct 2014: US president said world leaders need to marshal extra finances and personnel to ‘bend the curve of the epidemic’ in west Africa

• US nurses' union accuses hospital of lax safety protocol in Ebola case

  15 Oct 2014: Statement from US nurses’ union alleges Liberian Ebola patient was left in the open for hours and that nurses had only flimsy medical equipment

• Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan donate $25m to fight Ebola outbreak

  14 Oct 2014: Facebook founder and his wife give to CDC Foundation to help contain outbreak and prevent decades-long fight

• US readiness to handle Ebola virus questioned after Texas nurse's infection

  14 Oct 2014: It is not yet clear how Nina Pham became infected with deadly virus, but CDC chief said it was likely breach of protocol

• Dallas nurse infected with Ebola gets blood transfusion from survivor

  14 Oct 2014: Dr Kent Brantly, the first American to return to the US from Liberia to be treated for Ebola, donated plasma to Nina Pham

• America’s GDP fetishism is a rare luxury in an age of vulnerability

  13 Oct 2014: Traditional measures seem more abstract than ever as they fail to recognise the struggles of wage-earners in the real world

• Second US Ebola diagnosis deeply concerning, health officials admit

  13 Oct 2014: Tom Frieden says other Dallas hospital staff could have been exposed to virus after female employee tests positive for Ebola

• Texas healthcare worker diagnosed with Ebola as CDC suggests breach of safety protocol

  12 Oct 2014: Unnamed worker provided care for Thomas Duncan, while ‘close contact’ is in preliminary isolation

• The new healthcare: spiritual counseling to keep hospital bills lower

  12 Oct 2014: As a chaplain who provides care to patients, much of my work is not about religion so much as saving patients’ lives – and savings
  

• US officials brace for uptick in Ebola inquiries after Dallas patient death

  10 Oct 2014: Officials receiving average of 800 inquiries a day, as CDC head cautioned rumours and concerns likely to swell

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