Armed man shared lift with Obama

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Is The U.S. Prepared For An Ebola Pandemic

After First Ebola Case, Red Flags Emerge That U.S. Unprepared For Pandemic -- Washington Times

Federal reports raise concerns US defenses stagnated, waning



The confirmation Tuesday of the first Ebola case on U.S. soil emerges against a backdrop of increasing concern in America’s medical community that preparedness for a pandemic has stagnated or slipped in recent years because of tough economic times and increasing malaise since the 2001 anthrax threat.



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, America’s premier disease fighter, offered an air of confidence Tuesday in declaring that the first Ebola patient in Dallas was carefully contained.



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My Comment: What does not help the situation is the position that the country's leadership has taken .

In attack by al Qaeda, lines blur between Pakistan's military, militants

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Tory party donor defecting to UKIP

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Indonesia inaugurates parliament likely to curb Widodo's reforms

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia inaugurated a new, opposition-dominated parliament on Wednesday, one that is expected to obstruct incoming president Joko Widodo's ambitious reforms for Southeast Asia's biggest economy.

The Ebola Epidemic Is About to Get Worse

The Ebola Epidemic Is About to Get Worse. Much Worse. -- Michael T. Osterholm, Politico

As in: We need to order 500 million vaccines. Now.



Ebola is spreading faster than anyone would like to admit, and the current, slow international response to the deadly disease is morphing into a modern tragedy. On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta confirmed the first case in the United States, in Dallas. If Ebola has already arrived on these shores, imagine how quickly it could be spreading in Africa.



Ebola’s dispersion on the African continent must be stopped soon. But right now there exists no realistic scheme to do so: Plan A is failing, there is no real Plan B and the best chance for a magic bullet—Plan C—is at best many months away.



Plan A—smothering the virus where it is currently an epidemic—hinges on having a sufficient number of Ebola treatment-center beds in African countries and necessary health-care providers for every Ebola virus disease (EVD) patient. In this ideal setting, each EVD patient is isolated and is no longer in a position to transmit the virus to family members or others in the community. Once patients are identified, public health workers begin to track down their contacts to ensure that if contacts become sick with EVD-like symptoms they are quickly provided a treatment-center bed, where they, in turn, can be isolated and the process repeats itself. This strategy has worked in containing every previous Ebola outbreak.



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My Comment: This epidemic is out of control

MoD deals secure '7,500 UK jobs'

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Tesco to be probed by regulator

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Sainsbury's reports fall in sales

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First Confirmed Case Of Ebola In The United States

Ebola Is in America: Dallas Man Is Diagnosed With Disease AFTER Return From Africa In First Case Found On U.S. Soil. Now In Isolation But He MAY Have Infected Others -- Daily Mail/AP

* An isolated patient inside Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas is sick with Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said

* CDC Director Tom Frieden said the patient traveled from Liberia to the United States earlier this month and was visiting his family

* The man was reportedly given antibiotics before he was critically ill and admitted two days later

* The misdiagnosis is reportedly being investigated

* Frieden said there was no risk to anyone on the airplane because the patient had no symptoms at the time of the flight

* It is the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States

* The hospital said in a statement Monday night that the patient's symptoms and travel history suggested the patient has the deadly virus

* The Ebola virus has killed more than 3,000 people across West Africa

* Doctors say risk of infection is low without bodily fluid exchange



Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S., a male patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas and a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West Africa.



The unidentified patient was critically ill and has been in isolation at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since Sunday, officials said.



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More News On The First Confirmed Case Of Ebola In The United States

White House Urges Calm After First Confirmed U.S. Ebola Case -- Time

Traveler from Liberia is first Ebola patient diagnosed in U.S. -- Reuters

Ebola Is Diagnosed in Texas, First Case Found in the U.S. -- New York Times

First diagnosed case of Ebola in the U.S. -- CNN

CDC confirms first case of Ebola in US -- FOX News

First Ebola case diagnosed in the US -- Al Jazeera

First US Case of Ebola Diagnosed in Dallas -- VOA

CDC director says U.S. should be able to contain Ebola spread -- Reuters

Timeline for first case of Ebola diagnosed in US -- AP

There’s Really No Way To Screen for Ebola at Airports -- Defense One

EMS crew, ambulance in Dallas Ebola case put in isolation -- CBS

Ebola Virus Symptoms and Prevention Tips -- News92

CDC issues Ebola guidelines for U.S. funeral homes -- CBS

Ebola case stokes concerns for Liberians in Texas -- Washington Post

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American Ebola Survivor: Outbreak is 'A Fire Straight From the Pit of Hell' -- Sophie Novack, National Journal

Wait, You Can Have Ebola and Still Board a Plane? -- Olga Khazan, The Atlantic

Ebola in the U.S.: What you need to know now -- CBS

Ebola Fast Facts -- CNN Library

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Gross case now a murder inquiry

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Timeline: The Month-Long Search For Alice

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Cameron vow to protect NHS spending

David Cameron will vow to protect the NHS in England from cuts for five years in his closing speech to the Tory conference.

Australia passes security law, raising fears for press freedom

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The first of a series of security powers requested by Australia's government to combat Islamist militants passed through parliament on Wednesday, despite criticism that they could land journalists in jail for reporting on national security.

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