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The latest studies in treating Ebola are looking promising using the ZMAPP antibodies, which are produced by a company in San Diego. When given to 18 monkeys infected with the Ebola virus, all monkeys survived the infection. When the 3 monkeys were infected and treated with placebo, all died. This was the data that encouraged …
The Center for Disease Control has acknowledged the first case of EBOLA in the US. Although it was a ‘matter of time’ until such a case presented in the US, this underscores the importance of the worldwide effort to prevent the spread of this virus in Africa, to prevent more widespread infection across the globe. …