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united states. this time a healthcare worker in dallas, texas has tested positive for the virus. the texas health presbyterian hospital worker reported a fever late friday and was diagnosed with the preliminary test. if those test results are confirmed that cdc headquarters in atlanta, it will be the first time ebola has been transmitted person to person in the united states. we know this infected person cared for thomas eric duncan, the first person to die of ebola here in this country. hospital officials say this worker had been under the cdc's self-monitoring regime due to duncan's involvement in his care. >> the entire process from the patient's self-monitoring to admission to isolation took less than 90 minutes. the patient's condition is stable. a close contact has also been proactively placed in isolation. >> thomas duncan died wednesday after he was readmitted for treatment. we know he was initially sent home despite having a 103-degree fever. we go now to dallas. sarah, do we know when this infected hospital worker came into contact with mr. duncan? >> reporter: we just

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. >>> all the healthcare workers in the city are preparing to handle potential cases of ebola. penn medicine is bailing an airtight isolation unit specifically for healthcare work hes who get infected in africa, such as dr. kent brandtly previously. >>> obama administration is trying to calm fears telling people ebola is not out of control. >> any help is welcome. >> that's cdc medical officer reacting to the announcement that president obama has named an ebola czar, the job goes to ron klain former chief of staff to vice president joe biden. he doesn't have a medical backgrounds, but is an effective coordinator which president obama said is needed. >> after a surge of activity, we can have a regular process to make sure we're crossing all the ts and dotting all the is going for the record. >> one of the responsibilities is to make sure healthcare workers are trained and properly protected. you can follow breaking updates on twitter and facebook pages and 6abc.com and 6abc news app. >>> 911 calls came in around 3:30 when flames broke out on the unit block of ember avenue in willing borough. they are investigator the possibility

however two were singled out as national treatment centers spen building a air tight unit specificy for any healthcare workers may get infected in africa such as kept brantly previously and chop, children's hospital announced yesterday it will take in pediatric patients with ebola. the obama administration is trying to calm fears reminding folks ebola is not out of control and there's no pandemic and also taking steps to coordinate long term response. once this initial burst of activity dies down. health report ep and registered nurse ali gorman has details from cdc in atlanta. >> cdc faced criticism and president obama said decision to appoint a new leader makes sense and health officials here have their plates full and this job will not be easy. >> any help is welcome. >> that cdc medical officer francisco alverado reacting to the fact president obama named ebola czar. in the past served as chief of staff to president joe biden and al gore and also tackled financial crisis. but some say this challenge may be his tougherest. to lead the nation's response to ebola and prevent cases from spreading here

now, while i was paying $593 per month to supposedly united health care, it wasn't going to united healthcare. it was going to an individual's pocket. the v.a. was supposed to end up picking up the bill. i don't like that. i don't like how our judicial system is so corrupt. i mean, i don't care where you go. i mean, they're doing background checks. i go to the bank. who does a background check on those banks? they were stealing -- they stole $56,000 out of my account, every penny in my 401. i have receipts. i put in $37,000 and some odd cents. i got a receipt for $50,000. that meant basically the department of corruption basically gave them a ticket of $50,000, you deal with this problem. you get rid of the problem. i'm at a stage in my life that i don't really -- quo give a rat's heinie about what people think. i've always been asked if i was from, quote, back east. i want, why is that? back east? they said, because you're outspoken. i said, well, i said well, if i were in utah, i said you're correct, that would be considered back east. i laughed, ha ha, but those women back there, they keep

health workers. >> so a single site manager to oversee the whole process within a hospital or healthcare unit, mike, as the they try to curb anybody else getting the virus. >> taking care when dealing with ebola patients, what did the cdc represent in that regard? >> they heard from a lot of nurses and healthcare workers around the country that have said, you know, we're just not ready. we don't understand the process at all. the equipment that needs to go on, how to properly take it off. which is one of the biggest ways that you can get ebola infection and then get to the healthcare workers. dr. frieden addressed that earlier today. >> any hospital, any with a in the country that has a confirmed case of ebola we'll put a team down on the ground with leading experts to care fo of the ebola infection. >> coming up in new york city the cdc is going to conduct a fairly significant training program over 5,000 healthcare workers who will be in attendance, whether they're there on site, or whether they're streaming video. recently we've had one of our crew members talk to someone from the area, and

healthcare staff treating ebola patients? >> well, john, the real difficulty is that here in the united states, our healthcare system is basedn a series of specialized facilities, and each do something a little bit different. and there are very few cases where all of them can do everything very well. we heard from the nursing unit -- the head of nursing at the biocontainment unit in nebraska. >> i too feel like any hospital could potentially care for an ebola patient. however, with that said, i think what is missing in many hospitals is the level of confidence and assurance in the protocols and processes, and again, i think the meticulous practicing of the taking off of the personal protect tiff equipment, and making sure it is on appropriately as well is what may be missing. >> reporter: at facilities like the texas hospital here, you have to impose an incredibly tedious and rigorous program of one person watching the other person take off of their garment. all of that stuff has to be mandated on this very, very brood level, and yet, it's very brood work, very hard. so we don't have the system in place nationwide to create

i think it's very important to remind the american people that the united states has the most capable healthcare infrastructure and the best doctors in the world bar noon. and it's why people travel all over the world to receive medical care here in the united states. finally i want to emphasize that the united states is prepared to deal with this crisis, both at home and in the region. every ebola outbreak over the past 40 years has been stopped. we know how to do this. and we will do it again. with america's leadership i'm confident and president obama is confident that this epidemic will also be stopped. so with that let me turn the podium over to secretary burwell. >> thank you, lisa. since the outbreak began the united states government has been engaged in preparation both at home and abroad. to protect our homeland and stop the epidemic at its source. we've been working very much to insure that the united states is protected. the cdc sent out its first guidance on july 28th, and it has been followed with six additional sets of guidance and the latest was issued yesterday. in addition we ha

troops now on the groundwork around the clock pulleding a 25 ped hospital from healthcare workers from ebola isolation units throughout the country. marines there too. they very their temperature -- oui lapse quandle man showing slight improvement. associated police state of the union of until energy is putting his crew under warantee after app isolation agreements with breached. "abc news" new york. >> new morning, from fairfield township, new jersey, state police say a single vehicle accident city beingly injured two people and send a third to the hospital. the action cam was on the screen commerce and wald ebb drive. the vehicle around the bus shelter here 3:00 this morning then slammed into a tree. three people were thrown from the vehicle. city iingly injured were thrown by medical. >> to young men hit by a car in delaware around 1:00 mill up to road new castle county. police say those men were walking on the shoulder of the road when the driver of nissan altima swerved and hit them. both were taken to christianne hospital. one is in critical condition and the other is in stable condition and police ha

yesterday we confirmed the first case of ebola contracted in the united states in a healthcare worker who cared for what we--who we refer to as the index patient in dallas, texas. our thoughts are with this healthcare worker. she is now being cared for, and we understand that she is clinically stable. refer any questions on her care to the hospital where she's being cared for, for the information that she and her family want released is released. the existence of the first case of ebola spread in the u.s. changes some things, and it doesn't change other things. it doesn't change the fact that we know how ebola spreads. it doesn't change the fact that it is possible to take care of ebola safely. but it does change substantially how we approach it. we have to rethink the way we address ebola in infection control. even a single infection can unacceptable. i'll get into details of what we're thinking about with regard on how to make care safer in a minute, but i want to step back first and outline what we're doing and what the current status is. first, before the index patient in dallas w

enough to come from the country that has something like universal healthcare is been repeatedly shocked when covering disasters in the united hurricane katrina and also sandy to see how this already dysfunctional healthcare system becomes so much more dysfunctional in the midst of a crisis today i had an extraordinary experience when i was in new orleans where we got into a car accident in downtown new orleans. we were in the car and if you can remember the imagery during hurricane katrina how people desperately needed health care and they were dehydrated and hungry and turned the hospital into this makeshift first aid clinic. we got into this car accident in downtown new orleans and it's a long story that but we were taken to a hospital and it was empty and beautiful and private and it was the strangest experiments because there were all these doctors and nurses and they were not doing anything in above a disaster. they said i hadn't thought of that. i want to ask you how does climate change impact the struggle for the universal healthcare in this country? >> if the change continues control we will see see and ideally the

united states. here is data. the u.s. averaged on healthcare was $8,508. compare that the uk. the nation with the number one healthcare system, $3,405 per brit. which is $5,103 less than the u.s. and despite that $8,508 spent per american citizen the u.s. ranked last in efficiency, and the over all health of the population. people in the u.s. go without needed healthcare because of costs more often than people do in other countries. these deficiencies lead to the u.s. ranking last on infant mortality and second to last on healthy life expectancy at age 60. and for those who do get care, the cost is high in part because of administrative hassles, avoidable emergency romuse and dependent testing. what -- room use and duplicate testing. the absence of universal health insurance coverage. the report, the data studied in the report is from before the affordable care act. obama care. so will obama care improve the u.s.' standings when it is fully enforced? >> where does the u.s. rank tops in the commonwealth fund study? do you know? >> the u.s. ranks in terms of high quality medical

duncan and others, let's face it, if you had had a chance to come to the united states for healthcareuld anybody tell the truth? i think no. i would not trust that the second thing is if they are screening with these thermometers, you can mask that by taking medication. you may still be carrying ebola but not symptomatic. two parts of this travel ban that i'm concerned about. making sure that american citizens have the right to return. but there needs to be restrictions on where they can be. a quarantine, other travel bans domestically, not getting on planes and traveling around. >> but the crux of the matter is you don't accept citizens from infected areas. you don't accept their visas. you don't accept their passports if they come and fly in from belgium or whatever, you say i'm sorry you have to go home. you don't let them in. that's how you handle it. you talked to dr. frieden yourself i understand about the travel ban, did you not? >> yes, i did. he explained to me the concern was that there are fledgling democracies and if we put a travel ban that may affect their harm them. >>

united states. a second healthcare worker at a dallas hospital was diagnosed with ebola overnight.r had treated thomas duncan, the first ebola patient diagnosed in this country. "good morning america" will have lie coverage of these brands new developments coming up in about nine minutes. >> let's give you the latest on this mess on the schuylkill with two accidents. we're looking live. let's go right now to the schuylkill. that's your eastbound accident with penndot there still blocking the left lane and the right shoulder now westbound you can see the left lane blocked as well. we have another accident in the left lane westbound near belmont. there police are leaving the scene right now but we're really jammed in both directions. let's switch to our cameras. this is a lie shot at gulph mills. schuylkill expressway, you're already jammed from gulph mills to belmont. look at that eastbound travel time, dave. 55 minutes from the blue route to the vine. it should be about 17. >> yikes. all right, karen on the big board storm tracker 6 live double scan, this is obviously not the big h

duncan and others, let's face it, if you had had a chance to come to the united states for healthcareuld anybody tell the truth? i think no. i would not trust that the second thing is if they are screening with these thermometers, you can mask that by taking medication. you may still be carrying ebola but not symptomatic. two parts of this travel ban that i'm concerned about. making sure that american citizens have the right to return. but there needs to be restrictions on where they can be. a quarantine, other travel bans domestically, not getting on planes and traveling around. >> but the crux of the matter is you don't accept citizens from infected areas. you don't accept their visas. you don't accept their passports if they come and fly in from belgium or whatever, you say i'm sorry you have to go home. you don't let them in. that's how you handle it. you talked to dr. frieden yourself i understand about the travel ban, did you not? >> yes, i did. he explained to me the concern was that there are fledgling democracies and if we put a travel ban that may affect their harm them. >>

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. >>> now a second healthcare worker in the united states has tested positive with ebola. nurse fell ill on tuesday and was immediately isolated in hospital in dallas. she and the other infected nurse had been treating the liberian patient thomas duncan who died from the disease last week. 76 health-care workers are currently being monitored for symptoms. >>> the u.n. envoy on ebola is urging countries to give help now or pay the price later. and the world health organization is saying there may soon be 10,000 new cases of ebola every week in west africa. >> it's running faster than us, and it is winning the race. >> reporter: experts issue warning, saying the virus's spread isn't slowing, instead it is increasing its reach geographically and in numbers. >> we stop it now or face an entirely unprecedented situation. >> reporter: there are 1,000 new cases being registered each week in west africa. but the world health organization has warned that will likely increase five to tenfold within the next two months. and while the virus was thought to be killing half of those who

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united states. the cdc is monitoring more healthcare workers who could have made the same mistake. >> unfortunately, it is possible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of ebola. this is because the healthcare workers who cared for this individual may have had a breach of the same nature of the individual who appears now to have preliminary positive tests. >> risk is in the 48 people who are being monitored, all of whom have been tested daily, none of whom so far have developed symptoms or fever, and in any other healthcare workers who may have been exposed to this index patient while she was being cared for. >> let's go now to heidi castro in front of dallas presbyterian hospital. are authorities clear on just how widespread a breach may have happened? >> that's right, sammy. the biggest question is: how did this breach happen? >> what cdc has not determined yet at this point. the hospital says that there was no breach at the beginning and later, the cdc has said that if there weren't a breach >> this would not have happened. so, it's a big question for this heck worker, herself, wh

second healthcare worker who provided care for the first ebola patient diagnosed in the united states has tested positive for the disease. the worker reported a fever tuesday was immediately isolated at the hospital. hospitals interviewed the patient to look at potential exposures. those people will be monitored. the type of monitoring depends on the nature of their interaction and the potential they were exposed to the virus. so again, breaking right now at 4:00 in the morning here in texas, 5:00 there on the east coast a second medical worker here at texas health presbyterian hospital in dallas has officially been diagnosed with ebola. the other nurse infected is said to be in good condition this morning as cdc and other health officials are scrambling that this does not happen again. quickly we can tell you several things are happening on that front. two nurses from emory university hospital serious communicable disease containment have traveled to texas to help train staff here. emery hemory has treated with n spread. they have a response team that will be assembled and distach pa

the healthcare workers need to be well trained and supported to staff the treatment units start the treatment units and care center than the effect of countries as well as to prepare other countries in the region for any potential future outbreaks. second, ensure the availability of the appropriate protective equipment. third, ensure clear particles for evacuating healthcare workers. this is essential for the recruitment, training and maintaining of health staff in the sierra leone and liberia. open airspace to and for the countries must be maintained. the growing restrictions on travel to and from west africa fully isolate countries further compromise the supply-chain and inhibit efforts to greek group qualified staff. these factors will further enable the outbreaks to continue. fifth, fifth company to accelerate and, we need to accelerate and supports the production into vaccines and technologies. finally and the developing and implementing recovery efforts and a long-term strategy we must focus on building stronger health care systems in the region. mr. chairman and there is no doubt that

. >> the united states is prepared to deal with this crisis both at home and in the region. >> our healthcarenfrastructure in the united states is well equipped to stop ebola in its tracks. >> the white house trying to show it has the situation under control after heated criticism that local health officials in dallas first sent ebola patient tomas duncan visiting from liberia back home before his family brought him back. that gap in care causing concern the disease could spread. >> there were things did not go the way they should have in dallas. >> the cdc is tracing any contacts duncan had. be as of now the obama administration is not considering increased screening for passengers coming into the oust are banning travelers from hard hit nations in west africa relying on screening from those countries. >> the most effective way is to prevent those individuals from getting on a plane in the first place. >> even as they sought to calm concerns officials acknowledge nay need to get more. >> we're having a press conference because we need to get information out because there is a lot of fear. >>

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and for that, we're going to need to make sure that our doctors and our healthcare professionals here in the united states are properly trained and informed and that they are cart maided if and when -- coordinated if and when is an ebola case crops up here in the united states. but what's also critically important is making sure that all the talent, skill, compassion, professionalism, defend case and experience -- dedication and experience of our folks hee can be de-- here can be deployed to help those countries deal with this outbreak at the source. >> and that is president obama live talking about the american response to the ebola virus in west africa and also here in the united states. you can keep updated on this, you can go to our website. kpix.com. >>> well, san francisco is inviting everyone to a big baseball party today featuring a big screen that likely won't fit in your living room. there sit, civic center plaza. jumbotron set up to show the giants and royals game number six tonight live from kansas city. they have barricades preparing for some big crowds and fans already gathering there

. >>> i want to emphasize that the united states is prepared to deal with this crisis, both at home and in the region. >> our healthcaree in the united states is well equipped to stop ebola in its tracks. >> so you heard it there. the u.s. is confident it can stop ebola in its tracks. but is that really the case? let's bring in dr. william shatner from vanderbilt in nashville. good to have you back. >> hello victor. good to be with you. >> considering thomas duncan lied on the form, got into the country. went to the hospital sick. and they sent him home and then left him home with his family in sweaty sheets and towels, are you confident the u.s. is ready to prevent this becoming an outbreak? >> actually i am. and we have to recognize there were some glitches, what we haven't talked about is the there was things done really well. the contact tracing. that is being done wonderfully by the local people in association with people from the cdc. those people have been identified. they are under surveillance and that is the really important part. yes, the environmental aspects, the apartment such as you mentioned victor, tha

united states. >> it's two healthcare workers who were taking intimate care of him, you know, cleaning up his bodily secretions. those are the two people who got sick, not the 48-some-odd people being tracked by the cdc. >> reporter: the cdc is still reaching out to the 132 people who are on vinson's flight from cleveland even though they are considered to be at low risk. i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> to be public health officials are in for a grilling on capitol hill today -- top public health officials are in for a grilling on capitol hill today. congress is holding hearings. their questions for dallas hospital officials where two nurses contracted the virus. president obama has canceled a second day of campaigning to focus on ebola. >> i want people to understand that the dangers of you contracting ebola, the dangers of a serious outbreak are extraordinarily low. >> starting today, four more major american airports will screen passengers from west africa for the virus. >>> 6:01. time to check traffic with liz. >> we're doing okay. we have a few slow spots out the door. in the meantime i want t

united states. >> it's two healthcare workers who were taking intimate care of him, you know, cleaning up his bodilyecretions. those are the two people who got sick, not the 48-some-odd people being tracked by the cdc. >> reporter: the cdc is still reaching out to the 132 people who are on vinson's flight from cleveland even though they are considered to be at low risk. i'm andrew spencer reporting. >> to be public health officials are in for a grilling on capitol hill today -- top public health officials are in for a grilling on capitol hill today. congress is holding hearings. their questions for dallas hospital officials where two nurses contracted the virus. president obama has canceled a second day of campaigning to focus on ebola. >> i want people to undend

united states. >> critics of mandatory quarantines are concerned healthcare workers like hickox and dr. craig spencer who contracted ebola will be discouraged from traveling to west africa, knowing they will have to stay in quarantine for three weeks upon their return, even if they are not showing symptoms of the deadly disease. >> doctors here at bellevue say spencer is doing a little better than yesterday, just right now spencer is in serious but stable condition. jerika duncan, thanks very much we return to our chief medical correspondence jon lapook, he spoke to kaci hickox, how did she describe her home coming to you. >> when she first described at new jersey airport it was all smiled and when they found out she was in sierra leone the smiles evaporated and she felt she was being treated like a criminal. they actually took her temperature and it was transiently elevated which she thinks was a false positive because she was so flushed, then she was transferred to university hospital in newark. >> and she is in a better spot for her now. >> yes she tested the negative for ebola and t

united states. the cdc is monitoring more healthcare workers who could have made the same mistake. >> sdpornl, it issible in the coming days that we will see additional cases of ebola. this is because the healthcare workers who cared for this individual may have had a breach of the same nature of the individual who appears now to have preliminary positive tests. >> risk is in the 48 people who are being monitored, all of whom have been testified daily, none of whom so far have developed symptoms or fever and in any other healthcare workers who may have been exposed to this index patient while he was being cared for. >> al jazeera's heidi zhou castro has more from dallas. >> reporter: the cdc's director said there must have been a breach of protocol here in the way that these healthcare workers handled the ebola patient, am thomas eric duncan who passed away here on wednesday. >> remains the major question, what the breach was, that investigators have yet to answer. they say they have interviewed the healthcare worker who was diagnosed as of this morning whose positive test results for ebola in her b

health in to terrorism protection. >> terrorism and also to the evolution of the public healthcare of the united it did not stay in this training and preparedness of a hospital. and we see it unfolding more and more that and you hear the nurses talking today that they are under trained and they are not getting the repetitive training that they should be getting because those programs are no longer funded. where hospitals have set aside rooms to be able to deal with this type of disaster, and they do are pet tiff training. the other challenge when we were funded is to get the doctors and the hospital, to have dedicated time to deal with the training scenario, where they were trained to failure. when you train to failure, it teaches you how do you ask for help and how do you do the risk communications to keep the public informed and how do you isolate that particular disease or pandemic inside that facility without it getting out and that's what we are missin missid we need to go back and resource that and get our public health statute back to where it should be in this country. >> but there are b

. >> terrorism, and also to the evolution of the public healthcare of the united states.t did not stay in this training and preparedness of the hospital, and we see it unfolding more and more, and you hear the nurses talking today that they are undertrained and they are not getting the repetitive training they should be getting because tho those -- programs are no longer funded. the other challenge, when we were funded is to get the doctors and the hospital to have de decaded time. when you train to failure, it teaches you how do you ask for help and do the risk communications to keep the public informed, and how do you isolate that particular disease or pandemic inside that facility? and that is what we're missing, and we need to get our public health facilities back to where they should be. >> when we went through the sars stuff, everybody in hindsight said we should have identified patient zero right away. this outbreak is shredded in secrecy. it's going back to this whole idea of protocols. are they the law? do they have to be followed? or are they just kind of out th