With the spread of the Ebola virus being in the news so much, you would think nobody in their right mind would think it’s okay to joke about it at airports or on a plane. CNN reports, some jacka** on Wednesday  joked that he had been to Africa and had the deadly disease, he received a special […]

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A few years ago, I was at a community health festival in Brownsville, a high-crime, very poor area of Brooklyn that is among the worst statistically…

The United States government is pitching in some more money to help fight the spread of Ebola in Africa. Earlier today, House legislators that oversee…

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Liberian national, Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to be diagnosed with the deadly Ebola virus in the United States died on Wednesday at Texas…

  Centers for Disease Control has issued guidelines to U.S. funeral homes on how to handle the remains of Ebola patients. If the outbreak of…

Details are coming in from various new outlets that Dallas Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan has died. Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital says Duncan died Wednesday morning at 7:51am Central time. Here is the statement from the hospital regarding Duncan’s passing: It is with profound sadness and heartfelt disappointment that we must inform you of the death of Thomas Eric Duncan […]

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On Monday, Zachary Thompson, Director of the Dallas County Health and Human Services spoke with Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Danielle Belton,…

News and Headlines with Kim Wells Today is the last day to register to vote for the November 4th election in Indiana. Hoosiers can register online at IndianaVoters.com or by using the new Indiana Voters app.  Registration forms are also available at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, at any county clerk’s office or county voter […]

Thomas Eric Duncan (pictured), the man who contracted the deadly Ebola virus after traveling from Liberia to the United States, is now fighting for his life, with…

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Roland Martin and “NewsOne Now” breakdown the latest developments in the fight against the Ebola virus in the United States and around the globe. More…

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Dr. Seema Yasmin spoke with Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Joia Jefferson Nuri, Paris Dennard and Kim Keenan)  about the first Ebola case…

Health officials announced Tuesday (9/30) that the first case of Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States. — a man isolated in intensive care at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas. The unidentified man first felt sick Sept. 24 and went to the Dallas hospital, but staff didn’t suspect Ebola then, so he went home. […]