Boston Hospitals Training Staff To Watch For Signs Of Ebola Virus

BOSTON (CBS) – Boston hospitals are training staff to be on the lookout for warning signs of the ebola virus, which kills 90 percent of people infected. A doctor who died from the disease in Liberia had moved there from Minnesota to work as a government official. He was headed back to the the United States to see his wife and three small children when he got sick during a stop in Nigeria. Some Boston hospitals are now telling staff to get travel histories from patients who may have symptoms and isolate those who may have been exposed. MORE LOCAL NEWS FROM CBS BOSTON Market Basket Runs Full-Page Ads For Job FairsOcean Safari For White Sharks Off Cape CodRevere City Hall Reopening After TornadoDaily Talker: Do Fines For Unsecured Cargo Need To Be Increased?
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