The hospital health care workers most at risk for contracting Ebola don't think much of the CDC's mandatory safety protocols. Nurses are planning protests next month to get the CDC to mandate better safety equipment for hospitals. The Hill: National Nurses United (NNU) announced it will hold events in at least 13 states and the District of Columbia to call attention to the issue. The group has been one of the most vocal critics of the federal response to Ebola, arguing the best way to prepare for a pandemic would be to impose new training and protection requirements for healthcare workers. "With the refusal of hospitals across the country to take seriously the need to establish the highest safety precautions for when an Ebola patient walks in the door, and the failure of our elected leaders in Washington to compel them to do so, America’s nurses say they have to make their voices heard a little louder," NNU Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro said...(Read Full Post)