US journalist leaves hospital after Ebola recovery (6 stories)

	Nursing News - October 23, 2014 US journalist leaves hospital after Ebola recovery Ashoka Mukpo, who contracted the virus while working in Liberia as a freelance cameraman for NBC and other media outlets, was released from the Nebraska Medical Center's biocontainment unit around 9 a.m. He spent several hours meeting with staff members who treated him and left the hospital complex in the afternoon, spokesman Taylor Wilson said. - Read More GfK Poll: Many doubt hospitals can handle Ebola Most Americans have some confidence that the U.S. health care system will prevent Ebola from spreading in this country, but they're not so sure their local hospital can safely handle a patient, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Amid worry here, most Americans say the U.S. also should be doing more to stop Ebola in West Africa. - Read More Dallas Hospital ER Got Poor Marks Before Ebola For all the strengths of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, the first U.S.-diagnosed Ebola patient walked through its seemingly weakest link: the emergency room. Presbyterian met or exceeded 75 percent of 138 specific measures of care, according to its most recent data. - Read More Local charity joins fight against Ebola The Korle-Bu Neuroscience Foundation is hoping to ship 1,000 hospital beds that are desperately needed in the Ebola Intervention Units in Liberia. "We've all been watching in horror as the Ebola crisis unfolds and this is something Langley can do to help to give the people in West Africa hope," said Ratel. - Read More Dallas nursea s dog tests negative for Ebola This Oct. 13, 2014, photo released via Twitter by the City of Dallas Public Information Managing Director Sana Syed shows Bentley in Dallas, the one-year-old King Charles Spaniel belonging to Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola. Bentley has been taken from Pham's Dallas apartment and will be cared for at an undisclosed location. - Read More Doug McIntyre: We need a a fear czara to calm a nervous nation Of course this is the golden age of fear where everything is out to get us despite our living longer and better than at any point in human history. The latest epidemic of hysteria began with two American aid workers contracting the Ebola virus while doing God's work in Liberia. - Read More More Nursing News Popular News from the Topix Network 16 Terrible Playground Design Fails Who decided this was okay? Here is a Porcupine Eating Some Pumpkins and Making the Cutest Sound Imaginable THIS IS THE CUTEST SOUND. 17 Guys Who Got Stuck Somewhere Extraordinarily Dumb These guys are definitely in the running for the Darwin Awards. Watch a Teeny-Tiny Pig Follow a Dog Everywhere He Goes THIS PIG IS SO TINY. This Giant Vending Machine Dispenses Eggs, Beans, Cheese, and More! This is so cool! Click here to manage your subscription settings Topix has Job listings for your town! Find Local Singles in your town! Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Copyright © 2014 Topix All rights reserved. PO Box 50097, Palo Alto, CA 94303