Ebola

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 13, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Are health care workers in the U.S. prepared to deal with the Ebola virus? According to a new survey, most nurses here...

By Paul Henson, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 8, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The Ebola virus claimed its first fatality Wednesday morning: Thomas Eric Duncan, a native of Liberia. Duncan had been in Texas visiting...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 8, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – President Barack Obama has stressed that the Ebola crisis is a top national security priority, and now U.S. authorities are responding to...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 7, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – President Barack Obama told public health officials in Washington on Monday that stopping the spread of the Ebola virus is a...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 7, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – A Spanish nurse assistant has become the first person known to have contracted Ebola outside Africa. She helped care for two...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 6, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – The first person diagnosed in the United States with Ebola is fighting for his life at a Dallas hospital. The Centers for...

By Balitang America, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 6, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet with top health and security officials Monday to discuss whether to impose additional screenings at...

By JV Villar, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 3, 2014 DALLAS – The Philippine Consulate assures kababayans that none of the 100 people that Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan reportedly came in contact with in Dallas...

By Balitang America Staff, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Oct. 2, 2014 REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Health officials are reaching out to as many as 100 people who may have come in contact with 42-year-old Thomas Duncan,...

By Bev Llorente, ABS-CBN North America Bureau Sept. 30, 2014 LAS VEGAS – How can our kababayan help prevent the spread of the deadly ebola virus in the United States? That’s what Pinoy nurses and thousands...