Outbreak: Authorities closed some schools yesterday in Ohio and Texas because an Ebola-infected nurse had travelled between Cleveland and Dallas. The CDC is tracking down passengers from the flight nurse Joy Vinson took on Monday while crewmembers have been put on paid leave. And a Texas healthcare worker who may have handled lab specimens has been put in isolation during a cruise in the Caribbean.

Amid these scattershot incidents, the President suggested yesterday he may appoint someone to lead the US Ebola response.

In Washington, a Congressional committee grilled the head of the Centers for Disease Control yesterday over his agency’s response. Dr. Thomas Frieden became the whipping boy for allowing Ebola to spread from a Liberian patient to two Dallas nurses. Michigan Republican Fred Upton, who has called for halting air flights from West Africa, said, “People are scared. We need all hands on deck. We need a strategy.”

Interestingly, as Congress joins the Ebola hysteria, the same body has blocked President Obama’s nominee to become Surgeon General because he once said guns are a public health hazard. Guns kill 32,000 people a year in the US and so far Ebola has killed just one. Ever.

Money, Money: Investors calmed their hyperventilation yesterday; the market closed virtually unchanged for the day. Traders relaxed partly on news that the Federal Reserve might react to slowing numbers by delaying the end of its economic stimulus.

World: At least fourteen people are dead south of Seoul after a ventilation grate collapsed during an outdoor rock concert. Reports say some people fell 65 feet as the grate gave way.

In the Himalayas, the death toll is now 29 after a blizzard blanketed trekkers on the Annapurna circuit. Many of the dead are believed to have left their shelters and tried to descend the pass during the storm.

Unbundling: The CBS network announced a new subscription streaming service with which customers can watch live programming without having cable or satellite service. In the business it’s called “à la Carte TV.” The announcement came only a day after HBO announced it would offer an Internet-only service. The traditional program providers are just now responding to so-called “cord cutters,” people who stop their expensive television service and use streaming devices with their televisions or watch on laptops and tablets.

The Sports Page: San Francisco’sTravis Ishikawa hit a three-run homer last night to put away the St. Louis Cardinals and win San Francisco a berth in the World Series against the Kansas City Royals. The 31-year-old Ichikawa had been stuck in the minors and nearly gave up baseball before he was called up this summer.

Nation: Apple revealed two new versions of its iPad yesterday. They are faster and thinner and that’s just so exciting.

The Obit Page: Actress Misty Upham, 32, an American Indian who appeared in the movies August Osage County and Django Unchained, has been found dead in a ravine outside Seattle. Upham had bi-polar disorder Police say there’s no evidence of foul play.

Can We Talk?: The New York medical examiner ruled that comedienne Joan Rivers suffered cardiac arrest because of a lack of oxygen in her blood during a procedure on her throat. The report described it as “therapeutic complications” that were “a predictable complication of medical therapy.” It’s vague and does not rule out the possibility that someone made a fatal mistake.

Kids: Word has emerged that Vice President Joe Biden’s 44-year-old son Hunter was kicked out of the Navy reserve in February after testing positive for cocaine. He had served less than a year after obtaining a waiver to join because of his age, and another to overlook a previous drug incident when he was younger. When his son joined the vice president joked, “We have a lot of bad judgment in my family.”

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