Ebola

State health officials say they are urging hospitals in Massachusetts to err on the side of caution when it comes to reporting any patients who could possibly have been exposed to Ebola. Dr. Albert DeMaria, an infectious disease specialist for the Department of Public Health, told a press briefing Friday that several suspicious cases were investigated in the state in recent months, but Ebola was q

Liberia is instituting new rules to restrict media access to Ebola patients. Journalists must now have official permission to photograph or film patients being treated for the deadly disease. Government officials cite privacy issues, but the new policy was announced the same day an NBC News cameraman from Providence, Rhode Island  became the first foreign journalist to test positive for Ebola... R

The parents of an American freelance cameraman diagnosed with Ebola say their son is in good spirits. Ashoka Mukpo was hired Tuesday to be the second cameraman in Liberia for NBC's chief medical editor and correspondent Dr. Nancy Snyderman. Muk...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is confident Ebola will be contained in the U.S. even if more cases pop up. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden  says Thomas Duncan was symptom-free when he was screened in Liberia and didn't start showing Ebola symptoms until he showed up in Dallas, Texas...

Over the next six weeks, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa could sicken 20-thousand people. Researchers with the World Health Organization and London's Imperial College say the virus could infect 20-thousand people by the beginning of November, unless intensive control measures are launched...

The Western African nation of Sierra Leone is taking drastic steps to try to slow the spread of the Ebola virus. Starting at midnight tonight, there will be a three-day nationwide shutdown. The nation's six million people will be confined to their homes while volunteers search house-to-house for Ebola victims in hiding...

The U.S. is sending three-thousand military troops to Liberia to help combat the Ebola outbreak. U.S. officials say President Obama will announce the move Tuesday during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta...

The recent treatment of two Ebola patients at Emory University Hospital is exposing some holes in the safety net meant to keep the disease from spreading.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is stepping up the fight against the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Today the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced it was pledging $50-million to help with emergency efforts in containing the deadly virus...

The Nebraska doctors treating the Worcester man who became infected with Ebola while working in Liberia say he is making progress, but it's not yet clear if he will recover.