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                    [Title] => Obama: Ebola point person 'may be appropriate'
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Under pressure to select an Ebola "czar" to lead the U.S. response against the disease, President Barack Obama conceded Thursday it "may be appropriate" to designate a single individual to head the administration effort.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-17 10:45:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141017/barack-obama-ebola-czar.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1380857 [Title] => 2nd Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola [Summary] =>

The Ebola crisis in the U.S. took another alarming turn Wednesday with word that a second Dallas nurse caught the disease from a patient and flew across the Midwest aboard an airliner the day before she fell ill, even though government guidelines should have kept her off the plane. Amid growing concern, President Barack Obama canceled a campaign trip to address the outbreak.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-16 10:13:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1304233 [AuthorName] => Emily Schmall and Nomaan Merchant [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1380469 [Title] => US gov't says it could have done more on Ebola [Summary] =>

The top-disease fighting agency in the U.S. acknowledged Tuesday that an American nurse might not have been infected with Ebola if a special response team had been sent to Dallas immediately after a Liberian man there was diagnosed with Ebola.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-15 08:44:34 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/health-and-family/20140806/ebola.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1380077 [Title] => US officials launch review of Ebola procedures [Summary] =>

The Texas nurse who contracted Ebola while caring for a dying Liberian man repeatedly visited his room from the day he was admitted to the intensive care unit until the day before he died, medical records show.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-14 08:52:20 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1304234 [AuthorName] => Emily Schmall and Tammy Webber [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1379710 [Title] => CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient [Summary] =>

Top federal health officials said yesterday that the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital clearly indicates a breach in safety protocol.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-13 07:08:58 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1214591 [AuthorName] => Carole Feldman [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1377451 [Title] => Federal officials cast doubt on Ebola travel ban [Summary] =>

Top government health officials said Sunday that they are opposed to placing a ban on travelers from Ebola-infected countries, warning that shutting down borders could impede efforts by aid workers to stop the spread of the deadly virus.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-07 03:49:47 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1500175 [AuthorName] => Mark Scolforo [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1375253 [Title] => Government confirms first case of Ebola in US [Summary] =>

Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S., a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas and a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West Africa.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-01 08:18:29 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1249428 [AuthorName] => David Warren and Lauran Neergaard [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/headlines/20141001/ebola-first-case-united-states.jpg ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1356347 [Title] => What's scary about Ebola, reasons not to fear it [Summary] =>

The United States' top disease detective calls Ebola a "painful, dreadful, merciless virus."

[DatePublished] => 2014-08-11 04:23:49 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1237685 [AuthorName] => Connie Cass [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1345446 [Title] => Anthrax scare reveals more CDC lab safety problems [Summary] =>

Citing an anthrax scare and a recurring problem with safety, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday shut down two research labs and stopped shipping highly dangerous germs to other labs.

[DatePublished] => 2014-07-12 02:12:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1524793 [AuthorName] => Mike Stobbe [SectionName] => Health And Family [SectionUrl] => health-and-family [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 529501 [Title] => US swine flu cases less widespread [Summary] =>

ATLANTA (AP) — Swine flu infections continue to wane in the US, just as vaccine is becoming plentiful enough that some communities are allowing everyone to get it, not just those in priority groups.

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