Sentences with phrase «u.s. health care workers»

But after two U.S. health care workers fell ill in Liberia and received ZMapp, an experimental mix of monoclonal antibodies, the discussion took a turn.

One of the two U.S. health care workers who was treated with ZMapp, Kent Brantly, earlier received a blood transfusion from a 14 - year - old boy he had cared for and who had survived Ebola.

On Tuesday, an ethics committee at WHO declared it was ethical under the special circumstance to use unapproved Ebola treatments such as ZMapp, a mix of antibodies that has been tested in animals and was given to two U.S. health care workers who fell sick in Liberia.

The announcement specifically mentioned the questions raised by the cases of Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, the U.S. health care workers who received a mix of monoclonal antibodies named ZMapp after they fell ill in Liberia.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has for years advised shots for U.S. health care workers, but just 62 percent of workers actually get them.

Not exact matches

The change came as a second health worker in Dallas who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease.

Going forward, the development of a reliable diagnostic kit is much needed to enable hospital, clinic, and public health workers to confirm that patients seeking care are either infected or free of the virus; and while an effective vaccine is being tested, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration should screen existing antiviral medicines to determine if any can protect people from contracting the virus, Song said.

For example, the proposed health care reform bill passed by the U.S. House funds health care reform by making large employers pay toward their workers» coverage and adds a modest surtax on the wealthiest Americans.

Workers leaving the U.S. for employment who need medical coverage until they can qualify as a legal resident and be a part of a national health care system.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires all U.S. companies with at least fifty full - time employees to provide these workers with subsidized health insurance coverage.

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