2nd Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 15th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
2nd Health Care Worker Tests Positive for Ebola
A second health care worker at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for Thomas Eric Duncan has tested positive for Ebola, health officials said Wednesday — casting further doubt on the hospital’s ability to handle Ebola and protect employees. It’s the same hospital that initially sent Thomas Eric Duncan home, even though he had a fever and had traveled from West Africa. By the time he returned to the hospital, his symptoms had worsened.
Supremes Allow Texas Abortion Clinics to Reopen
This afternoon, the Supreme Court blocked a ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit that had shuttered most of Texas’ abortion clinics. Thirteen clinics in the state will be able to reopen tomorrow, according to the >i>New York Times. On October 2, the Fifth Circuit overturned a Texas district court ruling from August that had blocked the ambulatory surgical center provision of HB2 — arguably the most onerous for abortion clinics — from kicking in on September 1, 2014. The appeals court decision left just eight clinics open in the state, all in metro areas, leaving nearly a million women more than 150 miles from their nearest clinic.