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Ebola Crisis: 3 Receiving Untested Ebola Drug in Liberia Improving
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Ebola Crisis: 3 Receiving Untested Ebola Drug in Liberia Improving
Wed, 2014-08-20 01:50 — Kathy Gilbeaux
A girl suspected of being infected with the Ebola virus has her temperature checked at the government hospital in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Although the outbreak began in Guinea, Liberia has now recorded the highest number of deaths and Sierra Leone the most cases. (Carl de Souza/AFP/Getty)
Ebola situation is 'less alarming' in Guinea than it is in Liberia and Sierra Leone, WHO says
cbc.ca - Associated Press - August 19, 2014
Three Liberian health workers receiving an experimental drug for Ebola are showing signs of recovery, officials said Tuesday, though medical experts caution it is not certain if the drug is effective. . .
. . . The three Liberians are being treated with the last known doses of ZMapp, a drug that had earlier been given to two infected Americans and a Spaniard. The Americans are also improving, but the Spaniard died.
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