
UPDATE #2: Arlington and Fairfax public health officials issued a statement saying that “medical authorities are confident that she does not have Ebola,” and describing the woman’s travel history as “uncertain.” The statement says: “Based on the public health investigation, which included

Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) held a press conference on Friday outlining the state’s response to the Ebola virus. “DHS officials have been in constant contact with the Centers for Disease Control and coordinated with federal and local health officials to

On his Thursday show’s “Ya Burnt!” segment, “Late Night” host Seth Meyers took on the controversy surrounding the Center for Disease Control and its director Dr. Thomas Frieden’s response to the Ebola outbreak. Meyers ridiculed Frieden and suggested embattled NFL

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” Texas Health Presbyterian nurse Briana Aguirre explained to host Anderson Cooper why she wouldn’t trust her hospital with her own Ebola treatment. Aguirre was joined by her attorney, Bob Kelly. Partial transcript

On Friday’s broadcast of Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) elaborated on remarks he had made on Glenn Beck’s radio show a day earlier slamming Center for Disease Control head Dr. Thomas Frieden. But in his

On Wednesday, Fox News Channel’s Shepard Smith went off on the national media for its coverage of Ebola and downplayed any possible risks of Ebola to his viewers. That critique drew the ire of some, including conservative talker Rush Limbaugh.
Talk radio host and author of “The Liberty Amendments,” Mark Levin, criticized Fox News anchor Shepard Smith for his statement that members of the media were overplaying the threat of Ebola in the US to drive ratings on Thursday. Levin
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) blasted the Obama administration for refusing to ban flights from countries with massive outbreaks of the Ebola virus and urged Congress to reconvene to pass a flight ban on Thursday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel.
Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), the Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee criticized the Center for Disease Control for making “monitoring fevers and relying on people self-reporting” as the crux of their strategy for combatting the

According to reports from Bend, OR FOX affiliate KTVZ and the Associated Press, an Oregon woman who applied for health coverage through Cover Oregon said the state exchange mailed her the personal information of two other applicants. Ann Migliaccio told

Thursday while President Barack Obama was addressing the latest Ebola developments, he said he is open to the idea of appointing an Ebola czar. Obama said, “We’re going into flu season, which by the way means that people will be

Thursday while President Barack Obama addressed the latest developments on the two health care workers who have contracted Ebola from their patient the late Thomas Eric Duncan he said he has no “philosophical objection necessarily to a travel ban,” but