Ebola
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Politics
When it comes to public health crises, the Left’s memory is short
'Could the coronavirus be the magic bullet to kill off the Trump presidency?'
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Foreign Affairs
Is now, when Congo faces an Ebola epidemic, the best time to allow Congolese refugees into U.S.?
A vastly more serious problem would occur if even one of these asylum seekers — or one of the 200…
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Media
MSNBC’s Alex Wagner, Ed Schultz, And Chris Hays face likely extinction under new network chief
According to Mediaite’s Andrew Kirell three more MSNBC programs are on the chopping block under the watchful eye of new NBC News…
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Science and Technology
Experts fear as many as 130 U.S. cases of Ebola by year’s end
Medical experts attempting to get a fix on magnitude of the Ebola crisis here in the U.S. say there could be…
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Science and Technology
Now they tell us: Difference between ‘airborne’ and ‘droplet’ spread of disease
Howard has covered the administration’s latest stumblebum approach to messaging on how Ebola is spread here. Let me add my…
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Law and Government
Ebola nurse’s 15 minutes of fame temporarily restrained by Maine
Nurse Kaci Hickox’s 15 minutes of fame came to an abrupt, albeit temporary, halt Thursday when a court granted Maine…
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Email Featured
Old CDC: You can’t get Ebola though the air. New CDC: Oops, you can
Now will the Obama administration impose a ban on incoming flights from West Africa or at least insist on an…
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Education
Child returning from W. Africa banned from school for 21 days due to Ebola fear, family sues
This one’s a judgment call. Here’s the back story: A third-grader living in Connecticut is taken to Lagos, Nigeria, for a…
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Unyielding
Nurse released from Ebola isolation early after threatening lawsuit vows to ignore home quarantine (Video)
First, she fought against her quarantine in New Jersey, claiming it violated her civil rights. Now nurse/liberal activist Kaci Hickox…
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National Security
As WH sends mixed signals on quarantines, research suggests Ebola virus can live on surfaces 50 days
Having long resisted a travel ban to the U.S. from the hot zone in West Africa, the White House dug in…
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National Security
What kind of parents take their 5-year-old to a country with an Ebola outbreak? *UPDATE*
The latest potential victim of the Ebola virus is also the youngest. He is an as-yet-unidentified 5-year-old who just returned with…
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National Security
BREAKING: Doctor returning from W. Africa tests positive for Ebola at NYC hospital (Video)
Another case of Ebola has reared its ugly head, this time in the Big Apple. The patient, Craig Spencer, is a…
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Law and Government
Man nabbed with ‘Ebola’ heroin at New Jersey hotel; Liberian arriving at Newark reportedly cleared
Twin reports out of the Garden State, both dealing with the Ebola threat. According to NBC New York, a 47-year-old man…
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Law and Government
BREAKING: DHS announces ‘travel restrictions’ to limit Ebola risk … sort of
Yesterday, Bret Stephens wrote in a typically thoughtful column in the Wall Street Journal that eventually the president will “bend to…
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Foreign Affairs
Report: Obama plans to bring Ebola-infected Africans to the U.S. for treatment
I have the utmost respect for Judicial Watch. Without that group’s tireless efforts to expose the seamy underbelly of the Obama…
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National Security
Tweet of the Day: CDC guidelines for reducing Ebola risks among health professionals riddled with errors
As LU Staff noted in an earlier post, an “Ebola situation assessment” released by the World Health Organization reveals that the incubation…
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National Security
As two more dominoes fall in the Ebola travel ban debate, Obama stands pat in weekly address
Yesterday, North Carolina Senator Kay Hagan, who had previously praised the CDC’s “guidance” on Ebola, joined the growing chorus of voices calling for…
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Law and Government
Video: WH struggles to explain what new Ebola czar knows about Ebola
The good news is that the White House has appointed an “Ebola czar” to deal with the health crisis gripping the…
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Foreign Affairs
Passenger dies in ‘fit of vomiting’ aboard plane from Nigeria to JFK in New York
We can all rest easy in the wake of reports that a 63-year-old man who died aboard an airliner en route from Lagos, Nigeria, to…
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Education
Ebola fears lead to school shut-downs in Ohio, Texas
Fears over the Ebola virus have caused schools in both suburban Cleveland and Texas to shut down Thursday, after fears…
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National Security
Picture of the Day: Man without protective gear accompanying Ebola patient raises concerns, fears (Video)
Talk about your breaches in protocol! A photo that is going viral this morning on social media shows health care…
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National Security
Latest Ebola patient traveled on commercial airliner day before symptoms surfaced
The bad news about a second health care worker in Dallas testing positive for Ebola just got worse. CBS Dallas/Fort…
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Media
WaPo calls out Dems for blaming Ebola on GOP, awards 4 Pinocchios (Video)
The normally-liberal Washington Post called the Democrats’ claim that Republicans were the cause of cuts in Ebola research “absurd,” and…
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Economy
6 indicators of a new global economic downturn
The U.S. economy is looking pretty good right now compared with the global economy, where developed and developing nations alike —…
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