WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama turned to a trusted adviser to lead the nation’s Ebola response on Friday as efforts to clamp down on any possible route of infection from three Texas cases expanded, reaching a cruise ship at sea and multiple airline flights. Facing renewed criticism of his handling of the Ebola risk, Obama […]
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Strong school teacher given 21-day leave over Ebola fears
PHILLIPS — A teacher at Strong Elementary School who recently attended a conference in Dallas has been required to take a 21-day leave of absence, after parents told SAD 58 directors Thursday night that they were concerned the teacher could have been infected with the Ebola virus. The board requested the teacher not be named […]
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Stepped-up Ebola screening starting at New York City airport
NEW YORK — A stepped-up screening program that checks the temperature of travelers arriving from West Africa is starting at New York’s Kennedy International Airport, part of an ongoing effort to stop the spread of Ebola, which has so far killed more than 4,000 people. The effort to screen travelers from the three West African […]
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Froma Harrop: Ebola and the 41 million uninsured Americans
With the first diagnosed case of the deadly Ebola virus in the United States located in Dallas, Texans are understandably alarmed. The patient just died. Gov. Rick Perry has established a task force to address the Ebola threat. Not a bad idea but still a feeble response coming from a governor who refused to expand […]
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Local hospitals prepare for Ebola
LEWISTON — Health and government officials say there’s no reason to panic now that the U.S. has seen its first Ebola death. But a little preparation couldn’t hurt. Locally, hospitals and others are bracing for Ebola while hoping to never see a case of it. In Lewiston, officials from Central Maine Medical Center released a […]
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Texas Ebola patient dies
DALLAS — The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States died Wednesday morning in a Dallas hospital Wednesday, a hospital spokesman said. Thomas Eric Duncan was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he was admitted Sept. 28 and has been kept in isolation, according to spokesman Wendell Watson. […]
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Cal Thomas: ISIS, Ebola — Americans can handle the truth
The Ebola virus is not a threat, but ISIS is. That’s what some of our leaders tell us. Should we believe them? Do they have a track record for truth-telling that would lend them credibility? ISIS hasn’t (yet) invaded America, but Ebola has. We are bombing ISIS in Syria, but treating Ebola here as an […]
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UMF faculty offer views on Ebola epidemic
FARMINGTON — The escalating crisis caused by the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is not the first, nor will it be the last, a professor at the University of Maine at Farmington told students and faculty at a round-table Friday. There is so much work to be done, Linda Beck, UMF professor of political science, […]
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UMF holds Ebola roundtable discussion Friday
FARMINGTON — In light of the Ebola crisis and President Barack Obama’s comments on the U.S. response this week, the University of Maine at Farmington is holding a roundtable discussion on the epidemic Friday and is inviting the public to attend. The event will take place from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. in room CR123 […]
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Plane carrying Ebola patient stopped to refuel in Bangor
BANGOR — A plane carrying one of two American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Africa stopped briefly in Maine to refuel. Bangor Mayor Ben Sprague confirmed that the plane landed Saturday morning at Bangor International Airport on its way to Atlanta. He said airport staff, law enforcement and public health personnel were […]