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President Obama hugs nurse Nina Pham, who was declared free of the Ebola virus after contracting the disease while caring for a Liberian patient in Texas, during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House
President Obama speaks with Nina Pham as her mother Diana and sister Cathy look on
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Sen. Bernie Sanders: The U.S. has more people in jail than any other country on earth. Yet,
A message from Kaiser Permanente about Ebola
Email from Kaiser...
The outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa and recent cases here in the United States are serious. We want you to know that Kaiser Permanente is monitoring the situation closely and taking direct action in response to be sure we’re ready. As always, your health and well-being are our top priorities.
Most public health experts continue to believe it’s very unlikely that Ebola will become an epidemic in the U.S. Even so, we’re committed to being prepared in the rare event the virus does spread beyond the recent cases in Texas.
What is Kaiser Permanente doing to prepare?
We’re dedicated to protecting our patients, members, physicians, nurses, and entire staff. We’ve taken a wide range of steps to be ready to safely evaluate and treat anyone who might have Ebola:
• We’re meeting or exceeding all recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and are working closely with public health officials. This includes making sure our caregivers have the right equipment and training in case they do need to treat a patient with Ebola.
• We’ve updated our clinical procedures and training protocols based on the latest information from the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the handful of cases here in the U.S.
• We’re following national and state standards for early detection and care.
• We have an expert team of infectious disease and emergency management specialists overseeing the process to make sure our patients and staff are protected.
What to do if you have symptoms or think you’ve been exposed
Public health experts have confirmed that Ebola can only be spread through direct contact with the body fluids of someone sick with Ebola, or objects contaminated with the virus (like needles).
This means:
• Ebola is NOT spread through casual contact.
• Ebola can only be spread when people who have the virus are actively showing symptoms.
If you recently traveled to Sierra Leone, Guinea, or Liberia and have a fever or are otherwise ill, or you’ve been in contact with someone who was diagnosed with Ebola, call our appointment and advice line for additional instructions at 1-866-454-8855.
Please call us before coming to a Kaiser Permanente facility. This will help our medical staff direct you to the right location and quickly provide you with the best care possible. However, if you reasonably believe you’re experiencing a medical or psychiatric emergency, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital.
What are the symptoms?
The most important early symptom of Ebola in someone who’s been exposed to the virus is a fever. Patients may also have: headache, joint and muscle aches, weakness, diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, lack of appetite, or abnormal bleeding. Symptoms may appear anytime from 2 to 21 days after exposure to the Ebola virus, though 8 to 10 days is most common.
For more information
Visit kp.org for updates about Ebola from Kaiser Permanente. For the latest information, including details about prevention and symptoms, please visit the CDC website.
Another important health reminder: Flu Shot
At this time, it’s very unlikely you’ll need to worry about protecting yourself from Ebola here in the U.S. However, there is a virus that, each year, takes the lives of tens of thousands of Americans, and sickens millions more — the flu. And you can help stop it. In fact, getting a flu shot is the single most important thing you can do to protect your health and the health of others this season, and we encourage you to get vaccinated as soon as possible.
A first-in-the-nation approach: San Francisco’s $25 billion plan to save itself from sea level rise
The fog of uncertainty cast by rising seas is starting to lift from $25 billion worth of public projects planned in San Francisco.
The City by the (rising) Bay, where bayfront shorelines will continue to experience worsening high tide flooding, where the nearby international airport is among the nation’s most vulnerable to floods, and where Pacific Ocean shoreline erosion could be accelerated by sea level rise, has adopted a first-in-the-nation approach to assessing potential infrastructure risks posed by rising seas.
The new guidance, which includes a simple project checklist, will help officials incorporate sea level rise into decisions about building and upgrading everything from pipes to police stations to streets. Seas have risen 8 inches since industry started burning fossil fuels, although long-term ocean cycles have temporarily spared the West Coast from some of those impacts in recent decades. Two or three more feet of sea level rise is forecast globally this century.
“I haven’t seen anything this comprehensive,” said Jessica Grannis, the Georgetown Climate Center’s adaptation program manager, after reviewing San Francisco’s new approach. “This is pretty unique, and a cool new step forward in mainstreaming climate adaptation into city capital budgeting processes.”
The guidance was adopted last month by the city’s capital planning committee, a group of lawmakers and city officials formed nearly a decade ago to guide and prioritize byzantine capital spending by departments and agencies. According to the committee’s most recent biennial report, such spending will slightly exceed $25 billion during the next decade.
More here: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/10/a-first-in-the-nation-approach-san-franciscos-25-billion-plan-to-save-itself-from-sea-level-rise/
The Dancing Traffic Light
This Dancing Traffic Light Is a Brilliant Idea
We all hate waiting. That is why many pedestrians don't have the patience to wait at the traffic light, preferring to cross whenever they deem fit. To increase pedestrian safety, an idea was born: What if we make the red pedestrian traffic
light so entertaining, people would be happy waiting? Here is what happened with that idea...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=SB_0vRnkeOk
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