Top stories in health and medicine, October 20, 2014
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Ebola: Politicos Mull Travel Restrictions; Docs Say No. As Ebola continues to dominate the headlines, one hotly debated question is whether the U.S. should ban travelers from the West Africa nations where the disease is raging, as a preventive measure.Ebola: Do the Dogs Have It? Bentley, the dog of Ebola patient Nina Pham, RN, is in “a safe place tonight,” said the City of Dallas when officials had the pet quarantined.Ebola: Obama Names ‘Czar’ President Barack Obama has asked Ron Klain, a former chief of staff to Vice-President Joe Biden, to coordinate the administration’s response to Ebola.Tweaks Still Needed in P4P Programs. Pay-for-performance (P4P) incentives may eventually work for providers, but they will require more fine-tuning, several experts said at a briefing sponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform.Tagged as: Infectious disease Comments are moderated before they are published. Please read the comment policy.
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