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[D]r. Martin Salia has now arrived in Omaha, Nebraska where he is being treated for what appears to be advanced Ebola Virus Disease (formerly called Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever). Salia’s condition is described as “extremely critical’ as of this morning. According to Fox News: Salia, a Sierra Leone citizen who livesContinue Reading

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[O]n Thursday, President Obama signed a Memorandum of Understanding that indemnifies USAID contractors from being sued pursuant to their work during the current Ebola epidemic in West Africa. According to an article at CNS News: The president’s directive gives the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) theContinue Reading

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[D]octors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF) will begin trials of three therapies starting next month in West Africa. Here’s how those trials will break down: The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) will use the antiviral drug favipiravir in Guéckédou, Guinea. The Antwerp Institute of TropicalContinue Reading