What Is Marburg Virus, and How Worrying Is It? October 8, 2024 By Jennifer Rigby Rwanda is battling its first-ever outbreak of the deadly Marburg virus, with 36 cases reported so far and 11 deaths....
Pandemics and Climate Change Present Opportunity for Insurers June 9, 2016 By Don Jergler The shoe may eventually be placed on the other foot for the U.S. This nation has a long-standing tradition of...
CDC ‘Go’ Team Sprints to New York as City Faces First Ebola Case October 23, 2014 By Caroline Chen and John Lauerman Start packing for New York, the “go” team from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was told. A...
New York Says It’s Ready for Ebola, but Many Health Workers Aren’t So Sure October 22, 2014 By Kelly Gilblom Millicent Gist, a receptionist at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, was surprised to hear her facility was an officially...
Dallas County to Vote on Disaster Declaration Due to Ebola Virus October 16, 2014 Dallas County Commissioners will vote today to declare a local state of disaster caused by the Ebola virus. The county...
Stepped-Up Ebola Screening Starts at New York’s JFK Airport October 13, 2014 By Karen Matthews Customs and health officials began taking the temperatures of passengers arriving at New York’s Kennedy International Airport from three West...
Is Ebola Compensable Under Workers’ Compensation? October 10, 2014 By Christopher J. Boggs Two tests must be satisfied before an illness or disease can be considered occupational and thus compensable under workers’ compensation....
Coast Guard Sector in N.Y., Conn. Issues New Ebola Protocol October 9, 2014 By Jennifer Mcdermott One U.S. Coast Guard sector says it will contact ships that have recently been to Ebola-affected countries to ask whether...
Phone Apps, Facebook, Google Aid Nigerians in Time-Sensitive Fight Against Ebola October 8, 2014 By Yinka Ibukun When Nigeria was hit by its first outbreak of the Ebola virus, health workers monitoring suspected cases armed themselves with...
Mayor de Blasio: New York City Could Handle Ebola Outbreak October 8, 2014 New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says he’s “very confident” the city’s hospital system could handle an Ebola outbreak....