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Louisiana Blocks Ebola Scientists from Medical Conference

HeadlineNov 04, 2014

In the United States, state officials continue to impose restrictions on health workers who have treated patients in West Africa. In Louisiana, officials told health workers who have recently been in the hardest-hit countries not to attend a tropical medicine conference this week, saying, “We see no utility in you traveling to New Orleans to simply be confined to your room.” Researchers say the move will hinder progress at the conference on fighting Ebola.

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