Confusion Clouds U.S. Ebola Response

The CDC says a fever of 101.5° F is the tipping point for Ebola, but some hospitals aren’t comfortable with that cutoff for fever among healthcare workers potentially exposed to Ebola and are taking screening measures into their own hands. During a press briefing Wednesday, CDC director Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, said Texas nurse and Ebola patient Amber Vinson was advised that she could board a plane to Dallas because her fever was 99.5° F. Everybody has their own normal body temperature. Mine is 97.6. The CDC said if a baseline body temperature measurement could be established reliably, “then a sustained increase of 1° to 1.5° degrees or more might be a reasonable approach.” http://www.medpagetoday.com/InfectiousDisease/Ebola/48113?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2014-10-17&utm_content=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyHeadlines&utm_source=ST&eun=g721819d0r&userid=721819&email=amydugan2%40gmail.com&mu_id=5883165&utm_term=Daily%20B