• Dr. Craig Spencer Leaving Bellevue Hospital Today After Being Declared Ebola-Free

    On Oct. 23, Dr. Craig Spencer was confirmed to have contracted the often-deadly Ebola virus. He had just returned to New York City after treating patients in Guinea for Doctors Without Borders and, upon spiking a fever, was rushed to Bellevue Hospital. Emergency workers who dealt with Spencer apparently got their official protocol correct because in the weeks since his initial diagnosis no one else has contracted the disease.On Monday afternoon, Nov. 10, "The New York Times" confirmed that Spencer is now Ebola-free and scheduled for release this afternoon.The plan to release Spencer has not been publicly announced, but was confirmed Monday by two people familiar with his treatment but who declined to be identified because they did not have permission to release the information. A spokeswoman for Bellevue did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

  • Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Reunited with Dog Bentley after His Ebola Virus Quarantine Finally Ends

    Nina Pham's story came full circle yesterday when she was reunited with her King Charles spaniel named Bentley. Pham is the first nurse that contracted the Ebola virus after taking care of Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital. On October 12 Pham tested positive for the virus and was transferred to National Institutes of Health in Maryland for treatment. There was a lot of initial concern for Bentley because the dog of a nurse who tested positive for Ebola in Spain was euthanized. Officials insisted that Bentley would be well cared for and that obviously was the case.

  • Kaci Hickox, Nurse Tangled in Ebola Scandal, Breaks Quarantine after Insisting She Has No Symptoms, Ready to Go to Court to Fight for Human Rights

    Kaci Hickox believes the battle she is waging is not just about Ebola. She is the nurse who returned from treating Ebola patients in West Africa just last week and, upon landing in Newark, New Jersey, she was taken to a medical detention center to be quarantined. The scuffle began because Hickox reportedly had an elevated temperature when arriving at the airport, and so she was immediately quarantined in a tent. Eventually, Hickox was allowed to leave and returned to her Fort Kent, Maine, home, where she is locked in a battle over whether or not she is a threat to the general public. She has broken quarantine and is willing to go to court over the matter.

  • Nancy Snyderman Out Of Quarantine But Not Returning To NBC Post Until November As Network Hopes Backlash Will Subside

    There has been a lot of speculation in the last ten days over whether or not Dr. Nancy Snyderman would be returning to her post as chief medical editor on NBC after violating her voluntary Ebola quarantine. Snyderman and her crew spent weeks in Liberia covering the virus when one of the cameramen traveling with them became ill. His diagnosis on October 1 sent the entire crew back to the states where they were supposedly going to quarantine themselves for 21 days. Instead several of them were spotted picking up take out food in New Jersey. After weeks of backlash NBC has decided not to fire Snyderman just yet.

  • NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman Facing Credibility Issues, May Lose Job After Violating Ebola Self-Quarantine

    Nancy Snyderman's mandatory Ebola quarantine is set to end early this week, but her problems may just be beginning. NBC's chief medical editor was with ABC before hopping over to NBC in 2006, and over the years she had become a trusted voice in educating the public about a variety of medical topics. She and her crew were in Liberia reporting on the Ebola crisis when a cameraman, Ashoko Mukpo, contracted the virus. In response to his diagnosis, Snyderman told viewers she and the rest of her team were returning to the States and would voluntarily quarantine themselves. A week later, they were spotted getting take-out food in New Jersey, a decision that led to a mandatory quarantine and backlash from the general public.

  • Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Confirms 70 Workers May Be Facing Ebola Risk As Nina Pham Receives Plasma Transfusion From Dr. Kent Brantly

    Nina Pham is the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital critical care nurse that insisted on doing her job, which recently included providing care for Thomas Eric Duncan, who later died from the Ebola Virus. She herself tested positive for Ebola last Sunday after self-monitoring herself for days. The 26-year old has reportedly received a plasma transfusion from Dr. Kent Brantly who himself beat the disease several weeks ago. While receiving his antibodies may save Pham, the CDC is now admitting that they have no idea how she caught the virus, meaning there could be as many as 70 other hospital employees that are also at risk.

  • NBC's Dr. Nancy Snyderman Reportedly Breaking Voluntary Ebola Quarantine Last Week Led CDC to Issue Mandatory Action for Her News Team

    While Dr. Nancy Snyderman's reports on the Ebola virus have become a regular part of "NBC News's" daily coverage on the epidemic, it seems she has had a hard time following her own advice. Snyderman and her news team spent several days reporting live from Liberia, and when one of the cameramen in her entourage was diagnosed with Ebola, they all returned to the States. While Snyderman has been phoning in her NBC reports due to a voluntary quarantine, the doctor has not exactly stayed indoors.

  • NBC Crew Under Mandatory Ebola Quarantine After Violating Original Voluntary Agreement With CDC

    An NBC News crew has found itself in a bit of trouble this weekend. The network's chief medical correspondent, Nancy Snyderman and her crew that was stationed in Liberia covering Ebola had agreed to quarantine themselves after a cameraman working beside them tested positive for the disease. They returned to New Jersey about a week ago and was supposed to spend 21-days under a voluntary quarantine but apparently at least one crew member violated the agreement that was made with the CDC. On Friday the entire crew was smacked with a mandatory quarantine.

  • Sierra Leone Officials Will Lock Down Country For Three Days In An Attempt To Find Hidden Ebola Patients And Contain Outbreak

    According to The World Health Organization's latest estimates nearly 2,000 people have died from an Ebola outbreak that has hit Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea particularly hard. Desperate times have lead to drastic measures needing to be taken in order to get the outbreak under control before it spreads and ravages people in other countries as well. Officials in Sierra Leone have announced a country-wide lock down that will take place Sept. 19th-21. Residents of the country will be confined to their homes during that time and medical teams will go from door-to-door looking for hidden patients.
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