Disease expert: Don't restrict travel to Africa
http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2014/10/disease-expert-dont-restrict-travel-to-africa-196583.html
The first U.S. Ebola patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, is in critical condition in Dallas, and Fauci said he would "not be surprised" if someone who had close contact with Duncan came down with the disease. But Fauci said people at risk of contracting Ebola ...
Keys to Controlling Ebola in the US: Travel Records and Infection Control
http://www.wired.com/2014/10/ebola-texas-1/
If you're at all interested in infectious diseases, you've probably heard by now that a person traveled to the United States while infected with Ebola, was diagnosed and is now in a hospital in Texas. (I was on a flight without Wi-Fi yesterday from ...
A Ban On Air Travel From Ebola-Stricken Countries Would Backfire, Experts Say
http://www.ibtimes.com/ban-air-travel-ebola-stricken-countries-would-backfire-experts-say-1699307
Most experts who create mathematical models to study the way diseases like Ebola travel around the world agree it was a matter of time before an asymptomatic passenger carrying the disease would board a flight and carry the virus to another part of the ...
Going abroad? Here are 10 diseases you need to watch out for
http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/12/health/going-abroad-10-diseases/
(CNN) -- As globalization continues to grow and dominate our trade, economy and lifestyles, the associated ease of access to remote regions of the world is reflected in our travels. Increasing numbers of destinations worldwide have opened their arms to ...
Why hasn't the US closed its airports to travelers from Ebola-ravaged countries?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2014/10/01/why-hasnt-the-u-s-closed-its-airports-to-travelers-from-ebola-ravaged-countries/
The U.S. has similarly spurned travel restrictions in the face of a more infectious, though less deadly, disease like Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) for similar reasons, even when sick passengers were coming to the U.S.. The State Department ...
CDC chief on Ebola: We cant shut the border
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/10/ebola-us-border-111581.html
Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, on Friday said restricting travel between the U.S. and West Africa would likely ?backfire? and put Americans more at risk of contracting Ebola. Appearing on MSNBC, Frieden was ...
PRESIDENT EBOLA: In 2010 Obama Administration Scrapped CDC Quarantine ...
http://dailycaller.com/2014/10/03/president-ebola-in-2010-obama-administration-scrapped-cdc-quarantine-regulations-aimed-at-ebola/
Other critics suggested that air travel regulations make no difference concerning disease outbreaks. ?They probably learned during H1N1 that this hope of preventing diseases from entering the country by stationing people at airports is unrealistic ...
New Jersey Ebola scare over; man does not have disease
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-dallas-ebola-hospital-20141004-story.html
"Hospitals across the nation have to learn from this experience. The travel history is very important to take right now," said Dr. David Lakey, commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Lakey made a plea to healthcare workers: "If ...
