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Texas Ebola Watch Eyes 50 People, 10 at 'High Risk'

Sat, 2014-10-04 17:08 — Norea
By SABINA GHEBREMEDHIN & MEGHAN KENEALLY - Oct 3, 2014 - ABC News

The number of people being monitored in Texas for possible exposure to an infected Ebola patient has been narrowed to 50, with 10 of those believed to be at "high risk" for exposure, Texas health officials said today.

The effort to prevent any spread of the often lethal virus became more focused on a day when the family of Thomas Eric Duncan said he appeared to weaken, and a special cleaning crew began sanitizing the Dallas apartment he was staying at when he became ill.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/texas-ebola-watch-eyes-50-people-10-high/story?id=25938924

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Class from International Baccalaureate School in Houston Seeks Ebola Education from Global Resilience System

Fri, 2014-10-03 17:51 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Pictured here are the students in
Ms. Appel’s class in Houston, gathering information on the Ebola virus
from a Global Resilience System volunteer, Kathy Gilbeaux, with their website shown in the background. 
Photo Credit: Emma Goerges

On Thursday, a fifth grade class from an International Baccalaureate school in Houston sought answers to their questions regarding the Ebola virus. After a short period of investigating its symptoms, spread, and severity, the students were left with several unanswered questions. Specifically, the students continued to inquire about the origin of Ebola, details of its spread to Texas, in what ways the United States is helping, and Ebola treatment options.

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Dallas Hospital says software flaw led to initial release of Ebola patent

Fri, 2014-10-03 09:58 — mike kraft

Update with additional information and text of the hospital statement  (scroll down).

 

5 NBC News Chicago

 Oct 3, 2014 • Updated at 7:53 AM CDT

The Dallas Hospital that sent Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan home said a software flaw, and not human error, caused doctors to miss the diagnosis, NBC News is reporting.

The electronic health records (EHR) system that the hospital uses has a separate workflow for physicians and nurses. The travel history of the patient was located in the nursing portion of the workflow within the EHR, but not in the physician's workflow.

“As result of this discovery, Texas Health Dallas has relocated the travel history documentation to a portion of the EHR that is part of both workflows," the hospital said.

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Source: http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/national-international/Texas-Hospital-Software-Blame-Ebola-Patients-Misdiagnosis-277988141.html#ixzz3F5cyR89B

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Scrutiny in Texas to Detect Whether Ebola Spread

Thu, 2014-10-02 09:32 — mike kraft

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Officials: ‘About 100′ people may have had contact with the Texas Ebola patient

WASHINGTON  POST   OCTOBER 2, 2014  10:03 AM

Texas health officials said Thursday that there are "about 100" people who may have had contact with Thomas Eric Duncan, the man who is being treated in a Dallas-area hospital for Ebola.

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Information Relay Failure Admitted In Texas Ebola Victim Case

Wed, 2014-10-01 16:25 — mike kraft

A patient was diagnosed with Ebola on Sept. 30 at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas.(Photo: Mike Stone, Getty Images)

THE WASHINGTON POST

By Mark Berman October 1 at 3:15 PM

The man in Texas who tested positive for Ebola told hospital officials he had traveled from West Africa when he sought treatment on Friday, but that information was not relayed to everyone treating him at that time, authorities said Wednesday.

As a result, the man was diagnosed with a “low-grade, common viral disease” and sent home that day, said Mark C. Lester, executive vice president of the health-care system that includes Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, the Dallas facility treating the Ebola patient.

“Regretfully, that information was not fully communicated throughout the full team,” Lester said during a news conference Wednesday. “As a result, the full import of that information wasn’t factored into the clinical decision-making.”

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CNN Source: Travel History of U.S. Ebola Patient Not Checked

Wed, 2014-10-01 13:38 — mike kraft


Atlanta (CNN) -- Some school-age children have been in contact with the U.S. Ebola patient being treated in Dallas, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said Wednesday. The children have been identified and are being monitored for symptoms, he said. Perry spoke at a news conference a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that, for the first time, a person with the killer disease has been diagnosed on American soil.

The patient, a man, walked into a Dallas emergency room September 26. Although his symptoms could have indicated Ebola, among other diseases, no one at the hospital asked him if he had recently traveled to countries where the virus is present, a source close to the case told CNN.

The man, who had just flown from Liberia to the United States, didn't offer the information either, the source said, and he then left the hospital. A spokesman for Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital says it's investigating whether the patient was questioned about his travels.

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FIRST EBOLA CASE IN U.S. CONFIRMED BY CDC

Tue, 2014-09-30 17:50 — mike kraft

Updated with link to CDC statement (below)

The WASHINGTON post September 30 at 5:29 PM

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed the first case of Ebola that's been diagnosed in the United States.

The Texas Department of Health Services said in a statement that the patient is at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. The patient -- "an adult with a recent history of travel to West Africa" -- was admitted into an isolation unit at the hospital Sunday after developing Ebola-like symptoms "days after returning to Texas from West Africa."

The test, the Texas health department said, was conducted at the state public health laboratory in Austin and later confirmed by the CDC.

The state health lab got the ability to test for Ebola only last month, according to Carrie Williams, a spokeswoman with the Texas Department of State Health Services.

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Mosquito Tests Positive for Chikungunya in Harris County, 9 People Test Positive for West Nile Virus

Thu, 2014-08-07 17:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

click2houston.com - by Jace Larson - August 6, 2014

Harris County to spray for mosquitoes by air

HOUSTON -

A mosquito has tested positive for the Chikungunya virus and nine people have tested positive for the West Nile virus, according to the Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services.

One person has tested positive with the Chikungunya virus, but that that person was infected elsewhere and brought the virus to Harris County.

The county's Mosquito Control Division says nine people have tested positive for the West Nile virus, but none of the cases have been fatal. More than 730 samples have tested positive for West Nile.

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UTMB researchers receive over $6 million to develop treatment for deadly Ebola and Marburg viruses

Thu, 2014-07-31 21:56 — Elhadj Drame

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Bridge City Homeowner Sues Pipeline Company

Thu, 2014-07-31 09:32 — Kathy Gilbeaux

therecordlive.com - July 31, 2014

There is no question the petrochemical industry helped build Southeast Texas. But on the flip side of that, residents sometimes don’t know what kind of substances are in the air we breathe or what lies just under our feet. . . .

. . . Theis discovered an unmarked pipeline running through his lot next to his home at 181 Ridgewood while digging for a swimming pool. . . .

. . . In addition to the possibility of an explosion, Theis said his wife has been “very, very sick” since moving there over a year ago.

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