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Ebola virus transmission via contact and aerosol — a new paradigm | CIDRAP

On: November 19, 2014

[T]he attached link is for a well-written article published yesterday at the CIDRAP (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy) website. If you have the time, I highly recommend reading it now, but if not, please bookmark it for later, because Dr. Jones and Dr. Brosseau present a clear andContinue Reading

UN official for fighting Ebola in Guinea found dead in hotel room | GlobalPost

By: Sharon

On: November 19, 2014

In: Ebola, Oddities

[A] medical official from Rwanda has been found dead in his Guinea hotel room–under what is being described as ‘mysterious circumstances’. But he’s not the first, a few days before, the official from Cuba also died in his Guinea hotel room under mysterious circumstances. What’s going on in Guinea? BothContinue Reading

Ebola virus disease: potential use of melatonin as a treatment. – PubMed – NCBI

By: Sharon

On: November 18, 2014

In: Ebola

[A] study published at the NIH’s online library on Oct. 14, 2014 makes a case for therapeutic administration of the commonly used sleep aid ‘melatonin’ as an adjunct in cases of Ebola Virus Disease. The study implies that this inexpensive hormone, which is naturally made by the pineal gland andContinue Reading

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