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Ebola in the Media and Manhattan College’s Preparation

The first Ebola case in the United States, Thomas Eric Duncan, died on Oct. 8. What followed were three more cases, one of which reached New York City: Nina Pham, a Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital nurse who treated Duncan; Amber Joy Vinson, another nurse who worked at the same hospital as Pham, but didn’t treat Duncan; and Dr. Craig Allen Spencer, who was working in … Continue reading Ebola in the Media and Manhattan College’s Preparation

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Ebola: Do You Have It? (Probably Not)

SAMANTHA BERARDI STAFF WRITER Ebola. That’s the term that we’ve been hearing around lately. It has everyone across America worried and in a state of panic, but what actually is it, and is it really as big as the media are portraying it? Ebola is a virus that causes a fatal disease in humans and some animals. It is spread by directly touching an infected person’s broken … Continue reading Ebola: Do You Have It? (Probably Not)

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