ABOVE: Emergency responders train how to properly wear personal protective equipment in a 2016 photo.
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Update (January 14): The Nebraska Medical Center announced on Saturday (January 12) that the health care worker who had been monitored for Ebola has been released from the hospital. "This individual never developed the potentially deadly disease and poses no risk to the public," the statement notes.
An American health care worker has been evacuated from Democratic Republic of Congo after a possible exposure to Ebola virus, the University of Nebraska Medical Center announced Saturday (December 29). The unidentified individual, who had been caring for patients with Ebola, will be monitored in a secure area at the medical center for up to two weeks, and will be transferred to the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit if symptoms develop, according to a statement.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), as of last Tuesday (December 25), ...