With the 2014 midterm election less than one month away, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds the ACA continues to be a second-tier issue on voters’ minds, and many say they are tired of hearing candidates talk about the law. Just over a quarter (27 percent) of registered voters […] Read more »
Fear of Ebola Closes Schools and Shapes Politics
In the month since a Liberian man infected with Ebola traveled to Dallas, where he later died, the nation has marinated in a murky soup of understandable concern, wild misinformation, political opportunism and garden-variety panic. … The panic in some way mirrors what followed the anthrax attacks of 2001 and […] Read more »
Few Americans Expect a Widespread Ebola Outbreak in U.S.
As the nation grapples with its first cases of Ebola transmitted in the U.S., a new Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll finds that personal worry about Ebola is reasonably high, with 45% of the public saying they are worried that they or a family member will contract the disease. But […] Read more »
Most believe Ebola likely spread by multiple routes, including sneezing, coughing
A Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)/SSRS poll released today shows most people in the U.S. (81%) believe Ebola is likely to spread from a person sick with the disease and showing symptoms. Further, 85% say someone would be likely to get Ebola if a symptomatic person sneezed or coughed […] Read more »
Most Say U.S. Is Prepared for Possible Ebola Outbreak
A majority of Americans say the United States is ready for a possible outbreak of the Ebola virus, but only about one in ten say the country is “very prepared,” according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll. CONT. Carrie Dann, NBC News Read more »
Amid Broad Worries of an Ebola Outbreak, Two-Thirds Say Government Should Do More
Nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned about a widespread epidemic of the Ebola virus in the United States, and about as many in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say the federal government is not doing enough to prevent it. CONT. Gary Langer, ABC News Read more »