Health workers in the isolation ward of a newly established Ebola treatment center in Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak, last month.
The U.S. has begun rerouting travelers from the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan and Uganda to select airports for enhanced health screenings, to identify those who may have been exposed to the Ebola virus.
In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.
The Trump administration announced plans to expand a ban on entering the United States to legal permanent residents who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan.
Jay Bhattacharya, the acting director of the C.D.C., issued quarantine orders for two cruise passengers who wanted to leave the Nebraska facility and isolate in their home states.
An American doctor working with a Christian missionary organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo was exposed to the deadly virus while treating patients, the organization said.
The measles outbreak in the United States is now in its 11th month, with almost 2,000 cases. The Timmons family were some of the first people to get sick.
The hearing was the first concrete step toward repealing some of the state’s vaccine requirements. Rolling back others would require legislative action.
Larry Downs Jr. speaks against childhood vaccine mandates at a public hearing held by Florida’s Department of Health on Friday in Panama City Beach, Fla.
The birds lingered for days at a Catholic school near Cincinnati as agencies haggled over who was responsible for removing them. Officials said the public health risk was low.
The decision was handed down by a judge in West Virginia, which has one of the country’s strictest school vaccination laws and one of the highest vaccination rates.
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