NEW ORLEANS — Coronavirus clusters at Louisiana nursing homes took another troubling jump Tuesday, increasing from 28 to 40 facilities. One of the first in the metro area was the Chateau de Notre Dame ...

In 2002, when the hospital created a unit to help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with serious communicable diseases, staff realized it would need to have a transportation plan in ...

McCandless, Pa. — The Vincentian Home, a retirement community in McCandless, is working to keep its residents and staff safe amid the coronavirus pandemic. It is also working to help those who have ...

Caring for patients with Ebola comes with very strict guidelines for hospital workers. TODAY’s Matt Lauer observed the procedures firsthand during a visit last month to Emory University Hospital’s ...

Go on a sales call with Peter Jenkner, and you’re likely to hear about mustard gas, Ebola and H1N1. He’s president of Romeoville-based Isovac Products, maker of a portable “isolation unit” designed to ...

Wesley Medical Center is purchasing a Clinic in a Can – a converted 20-foot shipping container – for use as an isolation unit, potentially for Ebola patients. Jaime Green The Wichita Eagle With the ...

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Port Angeles flies of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, off the coast of Washington, Jan. 26, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty ...

Emory University Hospital in Atlanta said Thursday it was preparing a special isolation unit to receive a patient with Ebola disease “within the next several days”. “We do not know at this time when ...

The Connecticut Department of Correction has moved its medical isolation unit, used to separate inmates sickened with COVID-19, from the state’s maximum-security prison to a nearby facility, officials ...

When it comes to deadly, contagious disease outbreaks like Ebola, the terms "quarantine" and "isolation" take on fresh relevance and urgency. Each has a distinct meaning in the public health context, ...

For 25 years, Sgt. Gary Harkins was a correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary. He retired in February. For part of that time, Harkins worked in the prison's isolation unit. "It's only ...