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The Ebola Outbreak: What Every American Needs To Know
This year has quickly become the year of the Ebola virus. The recent outbreak of the Ebola virus in Africa has begun attracting attention in the U.S. for good reason. While the Centers for Disease...
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Local Doctor Addresses Worries Ebola Outbreak Could Come To U.S.
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio1020 KDKA) – The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa is one of the largest and longest running outbreaks ever seen. The Peace Corps and other aid organizations have pulled staffers...
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UPMC Prepared To Care For Ebola Patients
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A second American aid worker infected with Ebola has arrived in the United States. She was brought to Atlanta where she and another patient are being treated in an isolation unit at...
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An Epidemic: Top 10 Outbreaks In U.S. History
Throughout the years, epidemics and plagues have shaken up societies and cultures around the world. The latest outbreak that Americans seem to be concerned about is the Ebola epidemic occurring in the...
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Local Peace Corps Volunteer Evacuated From Ebola-Stricken West Africa
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Peace Corps is evacuating volunteers from Ebola-stricken West Africa, and that includes a local man. Matt Flannigan, whose family is from Oakmont, spent two years in the country...
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Ebola Primer: How It Works And How It Spreads
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Ebola is a rare viral illness — and now the CDC has diagnosed a case in the United States. The virus is spread through contact through broken skin or mucous membranes with infected...
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Infectious Diseases Doctor Weighs In On Ebola Fears In U.S.
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States. This viral illness kills half the people who come down with it. So how concerned do we need to be here in the U.S. about catching it?...
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Allegheny Co. Health Dept., Hospitals Prepping For Possibility Of Ebola
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The mistakes surrounding the United States’ first Ebola case has been well documented. A hospital in Dallas first sent the patient home with antibiotics, knowing he had come from...
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Report: Jaguars Apologize For Mascot’s Inappropriate Sign
JACKSONVILLE (KDKA) – The Jacksonville Jaguars have reportedly apologized for their mascot holding an inappropriate sign mocking the Steelers on Sunday. The Jaguars’ mascot held a Terrible Towel in one...
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Would A Travel Ban Save More People From Ebola?
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – A UPMC doctor believes through all the knowledge he’s obtained and his work experience, the Ebola virus cannot become an airborne virus. Dr. Amesh Adalja can say...
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Local Hospitals Say They’re Prepared For Any Ebola Cases In Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The death of Thomas Eric Duncan, from the Ebola virus he contracted in West Africa, has now led to the first transmitted case of Ebola in the United States, in a nurse who cared for...
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Helping to Fight Ebola in Africa
PITTSBURGH (KDKA)- On Tuesday, the Brother’s Brother Foundation will load another container of medical supplies and equipment for hospitals and clinics in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The shipment will be...
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WHO: Ebola Death Rate Rises To 70 Percent
GENEVA (AP) – The death rate in the Ebola outbreak has risen to 70 percent and there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week in two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday. WHO assistant...
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Brother’s Brother Sending Supplies To Africa In Fight Against Ebola
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – As Ebola continues to spread in West Africa, a locally-based international charity is stepping in to help. The images out of West Africa are heartbreaking. Thousands of men, women...
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Local Congressmen Call For Travel Ban To, From Ebola-Affected African Countries
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Did the late Thomas Eric Duncan enter the United States under false pretenses, covering up his exposure to Ebola in Liberia to customs officials? That question is unresolved, but...
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2nd Dallas Hospital Worker Tests Positive For Ebola, Visited Ohio
AKRON, Ohio (KDKA/AP) – Kent State University in northeast Ohio says three of its employees are related to a Texas nurse who visited family in Ohio and flew from Cleveland to Dallas shortly before she...
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Local Surgeon Answers Your Questions About Ebola
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Welcome to our social media TV news chat, where we’ve taken your questions about Ebola. Today, we have lung surgeon Dr. Robert Keenan, who is leading the Ebola efforts at the...
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Patient History, Education Important To Calming Ebola Fears
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The UPMC Presbyterian Hospital ER is seeing patients worried about Ebola. “We have patients coming in asking about if their symptoms could be related to Ebola,” says Dr. Donald...
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Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Director Addresses Local Ebola Fears
TURTLE CREEK (KDKA) — As fears over Ebola creep closer to home, local health officials are doing all they can to ease the minds of those worried about it. Dr. Karen Hacker, the director of the...
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Congressional Hearing Seeks Answers About Ebola Crisis
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A House GOP chairman says the public is losing confidence by the day in the government’s strategy on Ebola. He says mistakes and errors in judgment have been made. Congressman...
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