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It cost more than $1 million to treat two patients sent to the University of Nebraska’s Medical Center, the hospital’s chancellor said Tuesday. And it’s still not clear who will pay the bill and how.
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"BERLIN (AP) — A Cuban doctor who contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone arrived in Switzerland for treatment and was able to walk off the transport plane, a Geneva medical official said Friday. Felix Baez Sarria arrived on …"
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"The outbreak, the seventh in the former Zaire since the virus was identified there in 1976, was separate from the one spreading in West Africa, where more than 5,400 people have died. There were 49 deaths out of 66 …"
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"There isn’t a single documented case of Ebola in the United States right now, let alone in Vermont. But health officials here remain on high alert nonetheless. The state is now monitoring two people who returned earlier this month after traveling in West ..."
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"CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — Officials in Guinea say bandits during a roadside robbery stole a cooler containing blood samples that are believed to have Ebola. National health officials said Friday the vehicle was …"
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"Sofia. News broke on Thursday evening an individual hospitalised in the capital Sofia displayed Ebola-like symptoms. The fears he could be really infected with the deadly disease were fuelled by the fact he had recently …"
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"BRUSSELS, Kingdom of Belgium, November 21, 2014/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) confirms that one of its international staff …"
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"Harvey Weinstein’s book company has signed Louise Troh, the fiancé of the first person to die of Ebola in the U.S. She was reportedly paid a $300,000 advance. Thomas Eric Duncan died of the disease on October …"
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"Turkish President Erdogan announces Turkey has allocated an additional $5 million to help Africa's fight against Ebola during the Second Africa-Turkey Summit. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on …"
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"Another team of 12 Ugandan medics has arrived in Liberia to boost the emergency response to the Ebola outbreak, which has claimed over 5,000 people in West Africa since February. The health workers arrived in … "
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"ALTHOUGH Nigeria has been declared free of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United States (U.S.) Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the country is still on alert over possible fresh outbreak …"
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"CDC to monitor new arrivals Travelers from Ebola-hit countries now limited to 5 U.S. airports, DHS says Co-sponsors of the bill, Keeping America Safe from Ebola Act of 2014, include Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) …"