Given worldwide concern with Ebola, a viral hemmorhagic fever that has killed thousands in Africa during the ongoing outbreak, authorities such as the CDC, OSHA, and WHO are providing ongoing updates and issuing guidance to various stakeholders. Below are several useful links to information that may help protect you, your families, friends, coworkers, and the traveling public.

CDC - Ebola Guidance for Airlines [see CDC’s Infection Control Guidelines for Cabin Crew Members on Commercial Aircraft for more information on practical measures cabin crew members can take to protect themselves, passengers, and others.]

CDC - Interim Guidance for Monitoring and Movement of Persons with Ebola Virus Disease Exposure

CDC -  Ebola Management Algorithm for Evaluation of the Returned Traveler

CDC - Ebola Outbreak: Airport, Border, & Port of Entry Resources for Use by International Partners [includes an Entry Travel Health Alert Notice - Arriving from West Africa and a Travel Health Alert Notice - Plane or Airport Contact ]

OSHA - Ebola page, Flight Attendant/Cabin Crewmembers Health and Safety and Bloodborne Pathogens Standard factsheet (PDF)

US State Dept. - Ebola in West Africa

CDC - Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever

CDC - Traveler's Health [While there is significant concern over the spread of Ebola, links to information on other current disease outbreaks are also listed on this page, including Polio, Chikungunya, Measles, Malaria, and Dengue (as of 7/30/14)]

Embassy of the United States Monrovia, Liberia - Messages for U.S. Citizens

WHO - The latest Disease Outbreak News (DONs) updates

Recent News Articles:

Obama: Ebola 'SWAT teams' to respond to infections - USA Today, October 15, 2014

Second Texas nurse tests positive for Ebola; woman flew home from Cleveland before falling ill, Associated Press, October 15, 2014

U.S. adds extra level of airport screening for Ebola - Associated Press, October 9, 2014

Obama Vow on Ebola Screening Means Plugging Airport Gaps - Bloomberg, October 7, 2014

Why Nation's Top Docs Say Ebola Won't Spread in US - Associated Press, October 6, 2014

Scores possibly exposed to U.S. Ebola patient; four isolated - Reuters, October 2, 2014

Man with Ebola flew roundabout trip to US - Associated Press, October 1, 2014

Ebola Is Diagnosed in Texas, First Case Found in the U.S. - NYTimes.com, September 30, 2014

CDC issues new Ebola warning for crews of U.S. airlines - Daily Mail Online, September 19, 2014

Ebola could infect 500,000 by end of January, according to CDC projection - The Washington Post, September 19, 2014