|  Alberta's chief medical health officer is trying to reassure people that the province is ready to deal with potential cases of Ebola. Dr. James Talbot says four hospitals have been designated to deal with the deadly virus - two in Edmonton and two in Calgary. - Read More A dated yearbook picture of a smiling young woman has become the latest face of Ebola in the U.S. The high school picture of Amber Vinson spread across the country after the 29-year-old nurse was confirmed with the virus Wednesday. But little was publicly revealed about her, beyond the image of her with a wide grin, tipped head and shiny pink blouse. - Read More President Barack Obama canceled a campaign trip at the last minute to stay in Washington and spearhead a more aggressive national response after Ebola infected two nurses and frightened Americans with the prospect that their health system is not equipped to handle a catastrophic medical event. Obama said Wednesday that monitoring of Ebola must be done in a "much more aggressive way." - Read More The Texas hospital where two health care workers contracted Ebola while caring for a patient had guidelines that were "constantly changing" and didn't have protocols on how to deal with the deadly virus," a nurses' union claims. "The protocols that should have been in place in Dallas were not in place, and that those protocols are not in place anywhere in the United States as far as we can tell," National Nurses United Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro said Tuesday night. - Read More A national nurses union said during a hastily-scheduled press conference Tuesday evening that hospitals are dropping the ball on safety for nurses caring for Ebola patients. RoseAnn DeMoro, director of National Nurses United, which has been critical of hospitals' response to the Ebola crisis, said safety protocols recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have not been followed by the Dallas hospital where Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, died last week. - Read More More than 90 per cent of areas in England do not have 24-hour provision for terminally ill people, a charity says Terminally ill people and their families are being left "scared, alone and desperate for help" because most areas in England do not provide round-the-clock care for those dying at home, a charity has claimed. Research by the Sue Ryder hospice and neurological care charity found 92% of areas in England do not have 24-hour provision, including out-of-hours telephone lines to expert nurses for carers and patients. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network I'd shop at these places just to congratulate the signmaker. WHO WILL TRIUMPH? No spaghetti arms here! Never stop 'bombing. You will be shocked at some of these...I know I was | 
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