How the CDC's "Do Not Board" List Could Ground Health Care Workers Exposed to Ebola

A rarely-used “do not board” list that’s meant to keep those infected with communicable diseases—think infectious tuberculosis, SARS, or a viral hemorrhagic fever such as Ebola—from flying on commercial airlines, could impact health care workers who had contact with the Liberian man infected with Ebola who died earlier this month in Texas

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According to guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control published in August, anyone who's had some (household contact) or high-risk (direct contact) exposure to Thomas Eric Duncan’s bodily fluids should also be kept from boarding a plane. Read more...

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