Ebola screening measures rest on federal law
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authority that would almost certainly...
View ArticleAirline stocks tumble on fresh Ebola fears
DALLAS — News that a health worker diagnosed with Ebola flew on a commercial flight the night before showing symptoms raised fears on Wall Street that the scare over the virus could reduce air travel....
View ArticleLawmakers: Gov’t credibility waning on Ebola
WASHINGTON — Republican lawmakers indignantly criticized the government response to the arrival of Ebola on U.S. shores in a tense hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday. Top health officials defended their...
View ArticleHomeland Security orders new screening for Ebola
WASHINGTON — Everyone coming to the United States from the three West African countries at the center of the Ebola outbreak will now be screened for the deadly disease at one of five airports, the...
View ArticleNY doctor back from Guinea has Ebola, 1st in city
NEW YORK — An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case in the city and the fourth...
View ArticleCDC details new Ebola response and prep teams
NEW YORK — The government’s new federal Ebola response squads were getting their first test Thursday, dispatched to New York to help care for the city’s first case, a doctor who had treated a patient...
View ArticleHome quarantine stressed for Ebola workers
NEWARK, N.J. — Despite President Barack Obama’s appointment of an “Ebola czar” to oversee and coordinate the U.S. response to the deadly outbreak, some politicians and even the Pentagon are going...
View ArticleSoldier or civilian, Ebola protocols not the same
WASHINGTON — A U.S. soldier returning from an Ebola response mission in West Africa would have to spend 21 days being monitored, isolated in a military facility away from family and the broader...
View ArticleCommentary: Ease those Ebola fears, employers
The Ebola virus outbreak has captured the attention of the American public like few other stories have in recent memory. You can’t help but hear about the deadly illness and its apparent spread around...
View ArticleEbola provides employment law exercise
As if the media frenzy surrounding Ebola wasn’t enough, employment lawyers are being bombarded with phone calls from clients worried about how to protect their workforces from the disease without...
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