Ebola and Enterovirus 68 in the news.
From The New York Times:
After Ebola Case in Dallas, Health Officials Seek Those Who Had Contact With Patient
Health officials in Dallas are monitoring at least five schoolchildren in North Texas who came into contact with a man found to have Ebola virus, after he became sick and infectious.
The authorities also said that an early opportunity to put the patient in isolation, limiting the risk of contagion, may have been missed because of a failure to pass along critical information about his travel history.
From the Farmington Connecticut CBS affiliate WTIC:
Rhode Island Child Dies From Complications Of Enterovirus That Has Been Affecting Kids Nationwide
The Rhode Island Health Department says a child has died from complications of an unusual respiratory virus that has been affecting children across the U.S.
Health officials said Wednesday that the 10-year-old girl died last week of a staph infection associated with the enterovirus 68 infection, which it called “a very rare combination.”
“We are all heartbroken to hear about the death of one of Rhode Island’s children,” Dr. Michael Fine, director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, said in a statement. “Many of us will have EV-D68. Most of us will have very mild symptoms and all but very few will recover quickly and completely. The vast majority of children exposed to EV-D68 recover completely.”
This particular disease - Enterovirus 68 - is common in Central America. The current thought is that this outbreak is due to the tens of thousands of illegals streaming into the US.
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