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Quarantine Nation
Amid reports of mass casualties in West Africa from Ebola, the death of a patient in Dallas caused widespread alarm in the US. Since then, all seven other infected patients in this country have recovered. But the President and several state governors disagree about what that should mean for healthcare workers back from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenAmid reports of mass casualties in West Africa from Ebola, the death of a patient in Dallas caused widespread alarm in the US. Since then, all seven other infected patients in this country have recovered. But the President and several state governors disagree about what that should mean for healthcare workers back from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Also, peshmerga troops travel to Kobani, and for the first time in 20 years, a white President in black Africa.
Photo: Ebola training response by Army Medicine
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3 storiesPeshmerga Troops Traveling to Kobani
For the first time since a brutal civil war first began, troops from a Western-backed foreign nation have arrived in Syria. They are Kurdish peshmerga from Iraq, coming through Turkey to battle ISIS forces in the besieged town of Kobani. Erika Soloman is Middle East correspondent for the Financial Times .
Read the story6 minEbola: Public Health and Public Relations
Ten thousand people – 70% of those infected -- have died of Ebola in West Africa, but experience in this country shows the virus is not a death sentence after all. In this country, one man died after a Dallas hospital failed to implement federal guidelines for treatment. All seven of the others who’ve been infected have recovered.
Read the story34 minAfrica Sees First White President in 20 Years
As the ceremonial vice president of Zambia, Guy Scott, who’s a white man, said he often felt like a mascot at meetings of African leaders. Now, with the death of that country's elected president and as dictated by the constitution, Michael Sata, has become the interim president.
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