Tag: Ebola
Ebola is trending right now. And, according to the laws of internet capitalism, there are some pretty gross items on eBay — from “infected” mugs and “funny” anti-Obama (Thanks, “Obola!”) t-shirts, to horrendous graffiti-themed crap and accidentally topical arts and crafts, to… an “Ebola domain name hot new name priced to sell” for $999! Unlike the unfolding epidemic […]
Ebola is now a loaded word and according to the New York Post, the FDNY issued a memo telling personnel not to use it on the radio should the highly influential virus touch down in New York. The preferred designation is “F/T” for fever/travel. Officials are worried that the E-word could cause a city-wide scare […]
And the city’s official Ebola treatment center is… Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital! The city’s 10 other public hospitals sigh in relief. The New York Times reports that Bellevue has prepared four isolated, single-bed rooms for any upcoming confirmed or high-probability infection cases, as well as a separate blood sample testing facility on the premises. The staff is prepping vigorously, […]
Two men suffering Ebola-like symptoms at an NYC address were put in isolation at Bellevue Hospital this morning, but it’s now clear that they are not infected with the deadly virus. Bellevue spokesman Ian Michaels tells the Daily News that “there are no patients at Bellevue with Ebola, two patients… were evaluated and it was quickly […]
The NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases) has shared these microscopic images of Ebola on the organization’s Flickr account. The scanning electron micrographs include an image of the virus budding from the surface of a Vero cell of an African green monkey’s kidney epithelial cell line. The institute is working on developing Ebola vaccines, including one that will prevent the transmission of the […]
This morning, Getty Images’ senior staff photographer John Moore gave a chilling first-hand account to NPR of locals in Liberia attacking an Ebola virus isolation ward over the weekend. The epidemic, which the attackers believed to be a government-orchestrated hoax, Moore says, has claimed over 1000 lives across four countries in West Africa this year, […]
