The majority of hospitals are training their staff to care for Ebola patients, a survey finds. But infection control specialists say that can mean losing the capacity to handle more common infections.

How one hospital prepares. Dr. Brian Koll is executive director of infection prevention at Mount Sinai Health System in New York City, which had an Ebola scare in August.

The handful of U.S. hospitals that have treated Ebola patients have discovered that doing so can be costly, requiring around-the-clock care involving scores of nurses and other health workers.

Since Ebola first reached US shores this summer, hospitals nationwide have attempted to prepare. National guidance has been helpful, but no such guidance can deal with the fastidious attention to ...

The four hospitals with biocontainment units could accommodate a total of eight to 13 Ebola patients. Just as hospitals around the USA have created regional trauma centers – one or two hospitals ...

Hospitals in West Africa don't have the capacity to routinely provide that kind of care to people with Ebola. Health officials may need to revise how they treat patients with Ebola, Hotez says.

Ebola poses virtually no risk to most Americans, but hospital workers and their patients could face real danger if someone unknowingly infected with the deadly virus travels to the U.S. and comes ...

Hospitals are doing Ebola drills, but procedures can be tricky, experts say. — -- As Ebola scares crop up around the country, hospitals nationwide are preparing for what to do if they find ...

The news that a nurse who’d treated Thomas Eric Duncan has Ebola herself puts the lie to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s repeated assurances for months that “US hospitals ...

“Hospitals in New York City are as prepared as they possibly can be for Ebola.” Anyone arriving at JFK airport that is suspected of having Ebola or showing symptoms will be transported ...