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nicole farato Take our news quiz here. Monday’s edition includes the latest information on Ebola concerns and health care cuts in Florida.
What Americans need to know about the Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization said the outbreak of the rare Ebola virus has not yet reached pandemic level under international health regulations. Health experts told USA TODAY the risk to Americans is low at this time.
The outbreak underscores growing concerns among Trump administration critics about a more limited global public health approach. The United States, which withdrew from the WHO under President Donald Trump, has so far played a key role in monitoring new outbreaks.
“This is a serious and potentially devastating Ebola outbreak,” Dr. Tom Frieden, who served as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, told USA TODAY.
More news you need to know right now
- Tick bites are on the rise. Emergency department visits for tick bites are at their highest level for this time of year since 2017.
- Trump-supporting Republicans won in Louisiana. Sen. Bill Cassidy lost the Louisiana Republican Senate primary to pro-Trump candidate Rep. Julia Letlow.
- Thousands of Latinos in Florida could lose health insurance. A new report points to cuts in federal support for Medicaid and Affordable Care Act insurance totaling more than $1 trillion.
music
Kacey Musgraves performs “Dry Spell”
The 61st Academy of Country Music Awards took place on Sunday and celebrated the genre’s biggest stars of the year, with a debut performance by Kacey Musgraves and a near win by Ella Langley.
health and wellness
Don’t get carried away with gardening
Returning to gardening tends to increase back pain, knee tightness, shoulder problems, and tendon inflammation. The problem is not that gardening is inherently dangerous. Even though gardening requires moderate intensity from the body and should be approached accordingly, most people do not consider it a physical exercise at all. We’ll show you how to garden safely.
before you go
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