Homeland Security’s Ebola Response Put Public at Risk

Audit: 169 people who traveled to Ebola-affected countries weren’t properly screened

Elizabeth Harrington
January 18, 2016 5:00 AM

The Department of Homeland Security’s response to the Ebola epidemic in 2014 was inefficient and put the public at risk, according to a new audit by the agency’s inspector general.

Arlington, Va. Resident Sent to Hospital in Ebola Scare

Daniel Wiser
February 26, 2015 8:59 PM

A person who recently traveled to an Ebola-affected area was transported to a hospital in Arlington, Va., this morning, but county officials do not believe the individual has the disease, the Washington Post reports.

Dallas Hospital to Pay Ebola Victim’s Family Undisclosed Sum

Will also create charitable foundation in victim’s name

Josephus Weeks is introduced by his attorney during a news conference in Dallas

Washington Free Beacon Staff
November 13, 2014 9:53 AM

The Dallas hospital that treated Thomas Eric Duncan, the only Ebola patient to die in the United States, will pay his family an undisclosed sum and create a charitable foundation in his name.

NIH Has No Money For Ebola Vaccine, Has $31M for ‘Diversity’ Grant

Caroline Lee Smith
November 4, 2014 5:14 PM

The NIH has spent money on several other projects, including obese lesbians, origami condoms, texting drunks, and dozens of other pet projects. On top of those projects, which comprised $39 million, the NIH announced it will grant $31 million to "enhance diversity in the medical research workforce."

Ellison’s Must Read of the Day

Ellison Barber
October 30, 2014 11:29 AM

My must read of the day is “The Case Against Ebola Quarantines, Respectfully Submitted,” by Ron Fournier, in the National Journal.

State Department Denies Own Memo of Plan to Bring Non-Citizens to US for Ebola Treatment

Department-released memo outlines plan to allow non-citizens infected with Ebola into the US for treatment

Caroline Lee Smith
October 29, 2014 3:03 PM

An internal memo from the Obama administration reportedly considered allowing non-American Ebola patients into the United States for treatment, according to Fox News.

Obama Quarantines Soldiers, but Ebola Doctors, Nurses Can Do Whatever they Want

Aaron MacLean
October 29, 2014 2:04 PM

Yesterday, before taking off to attend a campaign event in Wisconsin, President Obama spoke to the press about the issue of Ebola. He praised the health care workers who are fighting the disease in West Africa, and indicated that he disagreed with the quarantine policies that the governors of New York and New Jersey have sought to implement for them. He doesn’t like these quarantines because they are insufficiently “supportive” of the efforts of the health care workers, and because they contribute to a climate of fear.

Pentagon to Quarantine All U.S. Military Members Fighting Ebola

Mandatory 21-day quarantine

Members of the Department of Defense's Ebola Military Medical Support Team go through special training

Adam Kredo
October 29, 2014 11:41 AM

The Pentagon announced Wednesday that “all U.S. military service members” returning from Ebola plagued countries in West Africa would face a mandatory 21-day quarantine to ensure they are not infected with the deadly disease.

MSNBC: Obama ‘Dropped the Ball Again’ on Ebola

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 29, 2014 9:36 AM

U.S. Ebola Commander Quarantined by Pentagon

A licensed clinician sanitizes his hands after a simulated Ebola training session

Washington Free Beacon Staff
October 27, 2014 1:58 PM

The U.S. general appointed to oversee America’s fight against Ebola in West Africa has been quarantined in Italy with at least 10 other Americans upon returning from the disease-stricken continent.