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Doctor Hesitates, Then Returns to Ebola Front Line

Doctor Hesitates, Then Returns to Ebola Front Line

| November 18, 2014 Comment

Doctor hesitates, then returns to Ebola front line – When volunteer doctor Juli Switala returned last month to Sierra Leone to treat Ebola victims after taking a break, she said she was shocked to see the obituaries and photographs of colleagues who had died of the disease in her absence, pinned to a board in […]

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Fauci: Quarantine Can Have Unintended Consequences

Fauci: Quarantine Can Have Unintended Consequences

| October 26, 2014 Comment

Fauci: Quarantine can have unintended consequences – A top federal health official said Sunday, mandatory 21-day quarantines on health care workers returning from Ebola-ravaged West Africa, like those put in place by three states, can have the unintended consequence of discouraging them from volunteering. New York, New Jersey, and Illinois are the states that have now imposed mandatory […]

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