Politico All Ebola is local The widely varying responses between New York and Dallas tell us a lot about the nation’s uneven preparedness for a deadly disease outbreak. So far, with Ebola, we seem to dodging the contagion bullet, but mainly because the virus is not easily transmitted. Yet what if this had been a more infectious kind of virus? […]
Here’s how suspected Ebola patients can be restricted State, local and federal authorities can all issue quarantines, which separate and restrict the movement of people who were exposed to a communicable disease. But it’s often state authorities that order them. Those health agencies often have significant powers to issue a quarantine if they suspect someone has come into contact with a disease like […]
The Wall Street Journal: In Ebola cases, new focus on power to control travel Before interstate highways and air travel, the federal government would use its authority to set up quarantine stations along U.S. rivers and detain sick people traveling between states, Wendy Parmet, a public-health law professor at Northeastern University in Boston, said. But in modern times, that authority scarcely has been used. “This shows part of the […]