Americans Exposed to Ebola again? by Milan Hamilton

             Two more American aid workers who had high-risk exposure to Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived back in the United States on Monday for monitoring. Neither is sick or known to be infected with the disease. Eight of their colleagues have already been flown back to the United States, where health authorities are watching them closely for signs of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They all had contact with a colleague who's been diagnosed with the disease and is being treated at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. The heath care worker with Ebola was in critical condition Monday, the NIH said. That changed from the NIH saying on Friday that the patient was in serious condition. While in West Africa, the workers "came to the aid of their ailing colleague," according to a Partners in Health statement. The workers are being housed near hospitals that specialize in treating Ebola patients, and if they show signs of the disease, they'll be admitted as patients -- as was the case with one worker in Nebraska. State health authorities say all 10 of the workers are deemed to have had high-risk exposure to Ebola. Emory, the NIH and Nebraska are three of only four hospitals in the United States that have bio-containment units to deal with a highly infectious disease such as Ebola. More than 10,000 people have died in a West African epidemic of Ebola that dates back to December 2013, according to the World Health Organization. Almost all of the deaths have been in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Ebola is spread by direct contact with the bodily fluids of an infected person. 

This is so scary and it really shows how quickly these diseases spread and how deadly they can be. Its almost like they never leave. This seemed to give me a better understanding of how easily the Native Americans were exposed to all of the diseases that the Europeans brought over. All it took was one small interaction to spread quickly among the entire village. Now, we are so very lucky to have the technology to treat these diseases. Technology has proven to truly be beneficial in so many ways and this innovation is one of the greatest things that has happened to communication throughout history. 
http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/16/health/cdc-americans-ebola/index.html