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Ebola & Engineering: Containing an Epidemic
Ebola isn't just a public health issue, it's an engineering problem, says Wallace Hopp, a professor of engineering and business at the University of Michigan. "The same principles we use to design safe aircraft and nuclear reactors can be used to design safe healthcare delivery systems and we need those right now," Hopp says.
. Stopping Ebola: How Small Changes Make a Big Difference
Small changes in the way Ebola interventions are carried out may make a big difference in curbing the growth of the epidemic in West Africa, experts said this week.
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. Ebola paranoia grips DHH
Louisiana officials have sent a letter to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene un-inviting members of the group who have recently been to ebola-affected West African countries from attending the group’s annual conference in New Orleans next week.
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. Ebola 'Patient Zero': How Outbreak Started from Single Child
When Ebola virus hit a small village in Guinea for the first time, the victim was just a toddler, who later became known to the world as Patient Zero.
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. Can You Really Get Ebola from a Sneeze?
The Ebola virus can spread through contact with an infected person's blood, feces and vomit, but some information online suggests it's also possible to get Ebola by being near an infected person who sneezes.
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. Death or Full Recovery? Ebola Outcome May Depend on Your Genes
People infected with Ebola vary greatly in terms of how severe their symptoms are. Now a new study in mice suggests genetics may play a role in how each body fights off the virus.
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. Don't Quarantine American Health Workers (Op-Ed)
Governors are playing politics by quarantining those who can help fix the Ebola crisis.
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. How Ebola Spreads in the US: Myth vs. Reality
Before you run out for some Lysol, please read this.
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. Ebola fears infect Louisiana medical conference
State health officials told thousands of doctors planning to attend a tropical diseases meeting this weekend in New Orleans to stay away if they have been to certain African countries or have had contact with an Ebola patient in the last 21 days.
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