Texas Ebola Virus
What are the statistics for the Ebola Virus in Texas? When someone is infected what kind of Texas medical care is available to treat the Ebola Virus?
Health care worker infected
A health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital has tested positive for Ebola after a preliminary test, the hospital said in a statement. Confirmatory testing will be conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Ref. CNN
Dallas nurse diagnosed with the Ebola virus over the weekend is Nina Pham, 26, WFAA-TV reported, citing an unnamed family member. The station reported that Pham is a 2010 graduate of the nursing program at Texas Christian University. Ref. USAToday
A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who provided care for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, the state Department of Health said today.
The worker reported a fever Tuesday and was immediately isolated, hospital spokeswoman Carrie Williams said.
The facility will now begin monitoring all those who had contact with the unidentified worker for signs of potential exposures. Ref. CNN
Officials: Health worker aboard cruise ship does not have Ebola
The health care worker aboard a Carnival Cruise Lines ship who was being monitored for signs of Ebola passed a blood test and was allowed to leave with other passengers when the ship docked Sunday in Texas, health officials said. "We are able to confirm that the (Ebola) test was negative," Galveston County Health Authority spokesman Kurt Koopman said in an e-mail to USA TODAY. Ref. USAToday
Dallas nurse Nina Pham has been declared free of the Ebola virus, the National Institutes of Health said today. The NIH says it will hold a briefing at 11:30 a.m. ET about her discharge from an NIH facility where she'd been treated in Bethesda, Maryland.
Pham and nurse Amber Vinson contracted the virus while treating Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. Duncan died October 8, becoming the first person to die of Ebola in the United States. Vinson has been declared Ebola-free but remains hospitalized at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Ref. CNN
Ebola-Free Amber Vinson: A Day Of Celebration And Gratitude
Emory University Hospital's Dr. Bruce Ribner declares Texas nurse Amber Vinson free of Ebola virus, then Vinson makes a brief statement.
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