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Released: 29-Aug-2014 8:50 AM EDT
AJRCCM Releases ‘Caring for Critically Ill Patients with Ebola Virus Disease: Perspectives from West Africa’
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

The largest-ever Ebola virus disease outbreak is ravaging West Africa, but with more personnel, basic monitoring, and supportive treatment, many of the sickest patients with Ebola virus disease do not need to die, note the authors of a new paper published ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society’s American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Released: 25-Aug-2014 10:00 AM EDT
As Ebola Rages, Controlling the Deadly Spread
Rutgers University

As the out-of-control Ebola epidemic continues, an infectious disease physician and a medical historian -- both at Rutgers University -- discuss the risk for Americans, lessons from medical history, and treating people already at risk.

Released: 21-Aug-2014 3:30 PM EDT
Op-Ed: Nurses Know Danger, Forge Ahead on Ebola Care
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Ever since Florence Nightingale, “The Lady With the Lamp,” took it upon herself to care for the sick and the wounded in the Crimean War in the 1850s, nurses have proven their value and their valor where care is most daunting and risky.

Released: 18-Aug-2014 4:00 PM EDT
Media Advisory: Hopkins Bioethicist Defends Treatment of American Ebola Patients
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Public health ethics expert Nancy Kass defends the unique treatment given to the two Americans who contracted the Ebola virus and cautions against rapid, widespread dissemination of experimental treatments.

Released: 18-Aug-2014 9:15 AM EDT
Wolters Kluwer Health Supports Relief Efforts with Ebola Outbreak in Africa
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

The Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa has been called an international public health emergency by the World Health Organization. In response to this health crisis, Wolters Kluwer Health announced today its participation in the U.S. National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) Emergency Access Initiative (EAI) by providing 55 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins (LWW) medical, nursing and allied health specialty journals during a four week free access period from August 14 – September 11, 2014. Healthcare providers will have access to major biomedicine titles to support emergency treatment and patient care of this infectious disease.

13-Aug-2014 5:30 PM EDT
Understanding Disease Outbreaks: Need-to-Know Information on Ebola and More
University of Alabama at Birmingham

The ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa is the most extensive known outbreak of this disease. While the risk of globalization is low, says one UAB expert, awareness is important.


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