Ebola

By Don Tagala, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 24, 2014 NEW YORK – A New York doctor who was recently in West Africa treating Ebola patients tested positive for the deadly virus Thursday. Dr. Craig Spencer,...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 22, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – In an effort to control the spread of Ebola in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security has announced that all...

By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 21, 2014 LAS VEGAS – She served as the White House physician for three U.S. presidents. Now Fil-Am doctor and Ret. Navy Admiral Connie Mariano weighs in on...

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 20, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The first wave of people who had contact with Texas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan are out of isolation and symptom-free. The...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 17, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Authorities from different agencies admitted they made mistakes when it came to handling the Ebola threat. The World Health Organization, the United...

By Fleur Magbanua-Mansur, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 17, 2014 PHOENIX – The health care community in Arizona is taking more aggressive steps to make sure that what happened in Dallas is not repeated there. Although...

By Henni Espinosa, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 16, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – President Barack Obama has expressed confidence that a serious Ebola outbreak can be avoided in the United States. Yesterday, the president met...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 15, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The Ebola nightmare continues in Dallas. There are now two Dallas nurses being treated for Ebola; both cared for patient Thomas Duncan,...

By JV Villar, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 14, 2014 DALLAS, Texas – Health officials are still probing how nurse Nina Pham, who treated Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan, ended up with the disease herself. The...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 13, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A nurse from Dallas, Texas, who was treating a patient from Liberia, as been infected by the Ebola virus. The Dallas nurse...