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Tag: ebola

Health

Childbirth claims an Ebola-fighting hero

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 1, 2017, 9:17 AM Mar 1, 2017
11

Salome Karwah, who represented the Time Person of the Year two years ago after fighting the Ebola outbreak in Liberia, seemed invincible.
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Health

The body collectors

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 31, 2014, 8:08 AM Dec 31, 2014
1

The worst job in the world? Might we suggest NPR has it covered with this morning’s video on the people who collect the bodies of ebola victims.
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Health · Politics

The Person of the Year: The Ebola fighter

Bob CollinsBob Collins December 10, 2014, 6:54 AM Dec 10, 2014
3

Boom! Take that, cyncical politicians who vilified the people who actually did something to help people this year. Read more →

Health · People doing good

When ‘ordinary people’ step up to help

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 18, 2014, 6:55 AM Nov 18, 2014
1

If Tim Stahl, of Greenfield, Minn., hadn’t stepped forward to put his money where his heart is, dozens of others would have. Read more →

Health

John Kriesel thinks fighting Ebola is ‘dumb’

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 17, 2014, 7:26 AM Nov 17, 2014
40

Former state rep John Kriesel isn’t a fan of using the Minnesota National Guard to fight the Ebola epidemic. Read more →

MN National Guard heading to Liberia in Ebola fight

Paul TostoPaul Tosto November 16, 2014, 10:11 PM Nov 16, 2014
2

The Red Bulls will spend six months in Liberia, starting in April. They’ll provide support to U.S. military forces but will not be responsible for treating Ebola patients. Read more →

Health · Politics

Fear itself

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 31, 2014, 1:28 PM Oct 31, 2014
2

Maine Chief District Court Judge Charles LaVerdiere had a night to sleep on it and decided today that a full quarantine for nurse Kaci Hickox isn’t such a good idea after all. Read more →

Health

Bike ride panic highlights absurdity of Ebola fear

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 30, 2014, 12:38 PM Oct 30, 2014
9

The absurdity of the fear about Ebola reached a new milestone today when a woman went for a bike ride Read more →

Health · Politics

With Ebola quarantine, an outbreak of politics

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 27, 2014, 6:50 AM Oct 27, 2014
24

We’re more than a month into the so-called Ebola crisis and so far the number of Americans who’ve contracted the illness here and who weren’t bedside treating Ebola patients in a hospital stands at zero. Still.
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Health · Weather

If climate change doesn’t bother you, why does Ebola?

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 2:57 PM Oct 20, 2014
34

If you’re keeping score, two people out of 319 million residents of the United States have contracted Ebola. Within a week or so, the Ebola “crisis” may be over. Read more →

Health

Parental ignorance spreading in wake of Ebola stories

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 20, 2014, 6:34 AM Oct 20, 2014
8

Parents without a clue are calling the shots as the Ebola virus continues not spreading in the United States. Read more →

Health

Ebola’s latest victim: privacy

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 17, 2014, 9:20 AM Oct 17, 2014
19

If you value your medical privacy, try not to get Ebola.
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Arts & Culture · Health

Ebola: The musical

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 7, 2014, 8:02 AM Oct 7, 2014
1

A Harvard scientist has taken to song to provide an uplifting message during the Ebola outbreak.
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Health

Ebola and the armed guards outside a home

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 3, 2014, 6:55 AM Oct 3, 2014
14

The Ebola outbreak, which has spread to the United States by way of a man in Dallas, is likely to test the power of the government to force us to stay inside our homes.
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