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U.S. Ebola czar seeks to reverse government mistakes, step up response

(Reuters) - U.S. Ebola czar Ron Klain faces a hefty to-do list when he begins his new role: soothe Americans' jitters…

Obama names Ebola ‘czar’ as West Africa death toll rises

BY JEFF MASON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola "czar" on Friday as the global…

Obama open to appointing Ebola ‘czar,’ opposes travel ban

BY STEVE HOLLAND AND DAVID MORGAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he was considering appointing an Ebola "czar" to coordinate the fight against the…

Second Texas healthcare worker tests positive for Ebola

(Reuters) - A second Texas healthcare worker who treated the first patient in the United States to be diagnosed with…

U.S. sets up rapid-response Ebola team; Dallas nurse improves

BY TERRY WADE (Reuters) - The United States is establishing a rapid-response team to help hospitals "within hours" whenever there is…

Sick passengers removed from flight in Boston in Ebola scare

(Reuters) - Emergency crews in protective gear removed five passengers with flu-like symptoms from a commercial airliner that arrived at…

CDC head criticized for blaming ‘protocol breach’ as nurse gets Ebola

  BY JULIE STEENHUYSEN (Reuters) - Some healthcare experts are bristling at the assertion by a top U.S. health official that…

U.S. military faces new kind of threat with Ebola

BY PHIL STEWART (Reuters) - At Fort Campbell in Kentucky, spouses of U.S. soldiers headed to Liberia seem to be lingering…

Texas health worker tests positive for Ebola

BY LISA MARIA GARZA (Reuters) - A health worker in Texas at the hospital where the first person diagnosed with…

U.S. begins enhanced Ebola screening program at New York’s JFK airport

BY SEBASTIEN MALO (Reuters) - Stepped up efforts by the U.S. to halt the spread of the Ebola virus will…

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