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Dallas Ebola Patient Dies; Enhanced Screening at U.S. Airports
Thomas Eric Duncan, America’s first Ebola patient—who flew here from Liberia—has died in the same Dallas hospital that initially turned him away. This comes as federal health officials announced they’ll start screening the temperatures of passengers whose travels began in West Africa.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThomas Eric Duncan, America’s first Ebola patient—who flew here from Liberia—has died in the same Dallas hospital that initially turned him away. This comes as federal health officials announced they’ll start screening the temperatures of passengers whose travels began in West Africa.
Lawrence Gostin is Director of the O’Neal Institute for Global Health Law at Georgetown University.
