Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston announced plans to build an isolation unit for patients with highly contagious infectious diseases including Ebola, according to the Houston Business Journal. The ...

When it comes to deadly, contagious disease outbreaks like Ebola, the terms "quarantine" and "isolation" take on fresh relevance and urgency. Each has a distinct meaning in the public health context, ...

The isolation units at California's Pelican Bay prison hold more than 1,200 inmates. They live in small, windowless cells, often for years, with... At Pelican Bay Prison, a Life in Solitary At Pelican ...

On the frontline of the fight against coronavirus are medics and clinical staff who receive recognition for good work. However, little is said about other frontline hospital staff who ensure that the ...

Gary Harkins also spent decades inside an isolation unit -- as a correctional officer at the Oregon State Penitentiary. He says solitary... Working the Isolation Unit: A Prison Officer's Tale For 25 ...

Amnesty International has called on the US state of California to end “shocking” conditions in its prison isolation units, as the organisation today (27 September) published a major new report on the ...

*Reports of prison walls smeared with food, urine and faeces *‘No prisoner should be deprived of basic amenities such as adequate exercise, access to natural light and fresh air and meaningful human ...