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US nurses to protest, strike over Ebola measures | Fox News

On: November 12, 2014

[G]ood for them! Nurses and nursing assistants are on the frontline when it comes to combating disease, and these bright and brave women and men deserve topnotch training and protective garments. Go, nurses! US nurses to protest, strike over Ebola measures | Fox News.Continue Reading

Kaiser Nurses in California Plan to Strike Over Ebola – Bloomberg

By: Sharon

On: November 9, 2014

In: Ebola

[T]his just in…if you live in California and need a nurse, you may find yourself out of luck. Nurses in the Kaiser Permanente hospital chain have decided to strike until their demands for Ebola training are met. Who can blame these brave women and men? So far, the training and equipment providedContinue Reading

Too Much Protective Gear? Really?

By: Sharon

On: October 16, 2014

In: Biological Threats, Ebola, Emerging Diseases

[N]ot surprisingly, Texas Health Presbyterian is fighting back this morning, protesting claims made yesterday by the Nurses’ Union in Texas that staff at Texas Health were given inadequate training and equipment. But Tom Frieden had this to say: Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,Continue Reading