Northeast Ohio native Amber Vinson was released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta Tuesday afternoon. Vinson gave a short statement during a 1 p.m. news conference. The 29-year-old contracted the Ebola virus while caring for Thomas Eric Duncan at Texas Health Presbyterian in Dallas. He died on Oct. 9. Vinson then flew from Dallas […]
A second Dallas nurse who contracted Ebola is now free of the virus and will be released from the Atlanta hospital where she’s been treated, the hospital said Tuesday. Amber Vinson will make a statement at a 1 p.m. ET news conference announcing her discharge, which comes about two weeks after her diagnosis, Atlanta’s Emory […]
Photo Credit: Lawrence Vinson(EEW Magazine) Prayer changes things. When 29-year-old health worker Amber Vinson contracted the Ebola virus after caring for an infected patient, while media talked, intercessors prayed. She is now Ebola-free. The Dallas-based nurse, who is the granddaughter of a Church of God In Christ (COGIC) District Missionary, had a faith-filled support system. […]
Cora Jakes is T.D. Jakes’ eldest daughter (Photo Credit: FertilityFaith.com) Article By Mya Harris (EEW Magazine) It’s being called “Ebolanoia” by some—a word mix of Ebola and paranoia—that has seemingly gripped the hearts of Americans. Cora Coleman, 27-year-old daughter of Dallas-based mega pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes, skipped the State Fair over the weekend, citing Ebola […]
The family of Dallas nurse Amber Vinson has released an updated statement on her condition and says doctors “are no longer able to detect virus in her body.” Vinson traveled to the Northeast Ohio area Oct. 10 to 13 before being diagnosed with Ebola Oct. 14. A source told NBC news “blood tests returned negative […]
The mother of Ebola patient Amber Vinson spoke to CNN about her daughter’s health situation and how it all came to be. “I just look forward to the day where the tears that I fight back I don’t have to fight back, because they’ll be happy tears,” Debra Berry said. On Oct. 10, […]
Federal health officials on Monday issued new guidelines to promote head-to-toe protection for health workers treating Ebola patients. Officials have been scrambling to come up with new advice since two Dallas nurses became infected while caring for the first person diagnosed with the virus in the United States. Workers at Texas Health Presbyterian […]
Health experts are aware that many people have anxiety about Ebola. But, there should be no reason for concern. said MetroHealth’s expert on Infectious Diseases. Dr. Jennifer Hanrahan answered reporters questions Thursday morning. Hanrahan said she wants to separate fact from fiction, just one day after the hospital decided to put several of its nurses on […]
The family of Amber Vinson released its first statement to the media Thursday night. Vinson, a nurse from Dallas was diagnosed with Ebola Tuesday, just a day after flying from Cleveland to Dallas on Frontier Airlines. The statement, release through Kent State University, comes from Lawrence Vinson, Amber’s uncle and the family spokesman. The statement […]
The second Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola shouldn’t have traveled on a commercial flight due to her exposure to the virus prior to her diagnosis, said Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the CDC has now confirmed that it gave Amber Vinson permission to make a trip from […]
