Ebola Surveillance Thread

dnaIndia: WHO says big pharma did not develop Ebola vaccine because it affected 'poor' African nations only Nov. 4, 2014 4:49PM IST
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Telegraph: Inside a high-security Ebola isolation chamber November 4, 2014 "Professor Christophe Rapp, chief of infectious diseases at Hospital Begin in eastern Paris, explains how the Ebola isolation chamber works"
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BBC: West Africans in NY 'stigmatised' over Ebola fears November 4, 2014
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PTInews: World Bank Chief urges Asian health help in Africa
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Bloomberg: Ebola Travel Bans buy only time, not safety November 4, 2014
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AsiaOneNews: Asia must do more to help global Ebola fight November 4, 2014
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BrisbaneTimes: Ebola: Abbott government relents, will send Australian volunteers to treat victims November 4, 2014 5:23PM
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NBCNews: Nose Spray Ebola Vaccine Protects Monkeys November 4, 2014
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NewKerala: Inhaled Ebola vaccine could offer long-term protection November 4, 2014
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Amid fear of Ebola, travel restricted November 4, 2014 "Temple U admin announced it does not support travel to guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone"
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Army.mil: Operation United Assistance Soldiers train first class of Ebola treatment unit workers November 4, 2014
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Reuters: Ebolacrisis highlights China's philanthropic shortfall November 4, 2014
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WSJ: A role for Japan in the fight against Ebola November 3, 2014 Japan's military is uniquely equipped to deal with disaster and humanitarian relief.
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St.AugustineRecordNews: After botching Ebola, WHO to pick new Africa boss November 4, 2014 12:03AM
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YahooNews: Ebola Outbreak may hold lessons for handling samples from Mars November 3, 2014
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IBT: Singapore imposes VISA requirements on Ebola-stricken West African nations
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ABS/CBN: Why aren't Chinese billionaires donating to help fight Ebola? 11/04/2014 2:50PM
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NPR: It turns out that fighting polio is good training to fight Ebola (in Nigeria) November 3, 2014 3:20PM ET
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TimesofIndia: Americans want quarantine for Ebola medics November 4, 2014 2:50PM IST
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Chron: Ebola kills Sierra Leone doctor, UN doubles staff November 3, 2014
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LATimes: Fifth doctor dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone November 3, 2014
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Daijiworld: UNICEF to increase staff in Africa to combat Ebola November 4, 2014
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NewsObserver: Duke Patient's first Ebola test negative November 3, 2014
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WaPo: You're more likely to catch Ebola than to receive marijuana-laced Halloween candy November 3,2 014 1:52PM
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CBCNews: Ebola outbreak prompts Canada to deploy more quarantine officers at airports November 3, 2014 2:43PM ET Canada announces an additional $30.5million to fight Ebola
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SeekingAlpha: Ebola risk threatens Randgold Resources (gold mining) in Mali November 3, 2014 WHO treating Ebola situation in Mali as emergency
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KoreaTimes: World Bank chief asks Korea to help fight Ebola Novembr 4, 2014 17:57
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Reuters: UN's Ban warns against quarantining Ebola health workers Nov. 3, 2014
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Bloomberg: UN charters food ship for Africa as Ebola disrupts supply November 3, 2014
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PennLive: Ebola: PA monitoring caseload rises 11/03/2014 "Pennsylvania health officials as of Monday afternoon were monitoring 135 people for possible Ebola symptoms, an increase of 30 from last week."
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Cleveland.com: Ohioians under ebola monitoring dwindles to 52, officials expect to clear all late Monday November 3, 2014
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ABC6: A dozen travelers being monitored for Ebola in Trenton, (NJ) November 3, 2014
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NewsOK: Ebola travel protocol created for Oklahoma County November 3, 2014
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KansasCityStar: Franken: Ebola victim's widow to get benefits
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NYSun: Rx for dissembling on Ebola is a dose of humility prescribed by the voters November 3, 2014
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Guardian: Fresh Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of new infection chain 11/4/2014 7:11AM EST "Koinaugu had prided itself on being the only area to have kept Ebola at bay by operating self-imposed quarantine system"
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KPAX: Dillon nurse continues self-monitoring for Ebola (Boseman MT) November 4, 2014 32 minutes ago
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XeniaGazette: 445th Air Wing avoids mandatory quarantine Nov. 3, 2014 "A spokesperson for the 445th said while the crew is not in quarantine, members must take their temperatures twice a day for 21 days to watch for symptoms. They must also make a health report every two weeks. The 445th delivered heavy equipment used to unload containers from ships in the African nation of Liberia."
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CBCNews: Winnipeg woman blasts Canada's ban on West African visas Nov. 4, 2014 8:57AM CT
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KMOO:TX: Hensarling Demands Accountability for HHS Ebola Response November 4, 2014 8:26AM
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CourierJournal: Preparing for Ebola (Muscle Shoals, AL) 11/4/2014 12:00AM
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WDEF12News: Gullah-Geechee Commission concerned about Ebola 11/4/2014 9:58AM (Charleston, SC)
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GettyImages: German Red Cross Launches Ebola Aid to Siera Leone November 4, 2014 12 minutes ago
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FoxNews: Ebola's orphans: Survivors care for children left behind by disease November 4, 2014
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IBT: Ebola Outbreak: Air Transport a critical problem for aid workers 11/3/2014 4:19PM
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WashingtonTimes: Ebola quarantines complicate holiday travel plans may deter aid workers 11/4/2014 Doctors, nurses could bypass Africa trips over fears of 21-day isolation upon return
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SanJoseMercuryNews: Ebola epidemic spurs hunt for new, faster tests November 3, 2014
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NewsNet5: Ebola watch period ending on Tuesday for people who came into contact with Amber Vinson November 3, 2014
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Ebola, Marburg viruses edit genetic material during infection

As Ebola Declines In Liberia, Health Officials Reassess Response Plans

BioShield: Obama Diverted Funds From Its Fight Against Ebola, Other Threats

A dozen travelers being monitored for Ebola in Trenton

This is a scary graphic when you think of a sneezing Ebola sufferer.

Ever wondered what happens when you sneeze on a plane? Alarming graphics reveal how one person can spread germs throughout the WHOLE cabin

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2820596/How-person-sneezing-middle-plane-spreads-cabin.html

This one is interesting. It appears Ebola infectiousness increases almost exponentially based on the passage of time since a victim developed symptoms. That would explain how Mr. Duncan's relatives living in his apartment did not contract Ebola, but two of the partially protected nurses who treated him later on did.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3223019/posts?page=8#8

Ebola, Marburg viruses edit genetic material during infection

From post # 8 by JimSEA:

""Difference[s] in virility in how contagious the virus is in different phases of the disease could relate to this in particularity with the proteins produced for the shell of the virus. This would certainly explain the facts the Duncan’s family was fortunate enough to avoid the virus but the health workers at the end of his life were not so lucky."

Great compilation!

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Ebola Rates Accelerate in Sierra Leone

So Much for Ebola: U.S. Loses Interest in Virus as Cases Dwindle

The Ministry of Propaganda has been working overtime...and AP had stopped reporting, but this means we're not interested?

Fresh Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of new infection chain

Ebola: Pa. monitoring caseload rises

ZeeNews: Ebola deadlier, more widespread than we think November 5, 2014 5 hours ago
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UKReuters: Worst Ebola outbreak on record tests global response Nov. 5, 2014 10 hours ago
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ABCNews: Spanish nurse who beat Ebola to be discharged November 5, 2014 5:18AM ET
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Bloomberg: Ebola trend uneven as UN worries 'like mad' about rebound
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CNN: Countries with travel restrictions in place Nov. 5, 2014 17 hours ago
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Independent: Ebola in Africa: This is how much of the continent is really affected
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BBC: British troops arrive in Sierra Leone to fight Ebola November 5, 2014 2:44AM ET
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KSL: Feds reject NJ hospital's mobile unit for Ebola Nov. 5, 2014 17 minutes ago
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Newser: Amid Ebola epidemic, World Health Organization veteran is elected as its next Africa chief November 5, 2014 1 minute ago
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Vestnik/Kavkaza: Kazakhstan prepares for Ebola November 5, 2014 9:49AM
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JamicaGleaner: Getting ready for Ebola - PAHO, WHO mobilise preparedness teams in Caribbean, Latin America November 5, 2014
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WorkersWorld: New Yorkers ACT-UP against Ebola Nov. 5, 2014
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IBT: Ebola 'Miracle Cure' promoted by Genesis II Church of Health and Healing in New Zealand (video) Nov. 5, 2014
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Post: World Bank chief sees mixed progress in West Africa Ebola battle November 5, 2014
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USAToday: NY bishop bans priest travel to West Africa November 4, 2014
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Newsday: Only those at high-risk of Ebola to be quarantined November 4, 2014 6:17PM "Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday that health-care workers and other residents returning from WEst Africa won't be quarantined in Texas if they have no symptoms of Ebola and aren't considered high risk, as suggested by a task force he assembeled to advise Texas on its resonse to the deadly virus"
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NBCDallas: Texas Ebola task force recommends 4 risk levels November 4, 2014 14 hours ago
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io9: A legal challenge to the Ebola quarantine would probably fail November 4, 2014 11:34AM
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MinneapolisStarTribune: Australia plans to staff 100-bed Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone in new deal with Britain 11/5/2014
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AL.com: Hoover (Alabama) firfighters prepare for Ebola threat November 4, 2014
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ChicagoTribune: Journalist returns to Chicago from disease-plagued Liberia November 4, 2014 12 hours ago
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JapanTimes: Authorities move ahead with plans to disclose info on suspected Ebola cases November 5, 2014
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AllAfrica: Liberia Ebola update: Lofa, others report zero case in four weeks November 4, 2014 17 hours ago
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NPR: Researchers tap web chatter to figure out who's sick Nov. 4, 2014
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FLTimesUnionJX: Equipment to construct Ebola treatment units in WAfrica loaded onto ship in Jacksonville November 4, 2014
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Metro: Security guard banned from work over Ebola fears after he went to Nigeria
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PhilStar: Returning Filipino peacekeepers from Liberia to stay in 'paradise island' during quarantine November 5 2014 7:14PM
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DailyBeast: Fighting Ebola and starvation in Sierra Leone November 5, 2014
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WRAL: Person County (NC) quarantine to keep public calm over Ebola scare 4:45 11/4/2014
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Cleveland.com: Akron bridal shop re-opens hours before Ebola quarantine set to expire (photos) Nov. 4, 2014
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NBCNews: No-fly zone: Ebola quarantine rules keep researchers away November 4, 2014
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FarmingtonDailyTimes (NM): The Governors who cried quarantine 11/4/2014 10:22 PM MST
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WNAX: Americans back quarantine for returning Ebola workers 11/4/2014 7:31
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MarineLog: Seafarers on returning to US aid ships face quarantine November 4, 2014
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Reuters: German doctors use experimental heart drug in treating Ebola patient 11/5/2014 11 minutes ago
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Forbes: Three ways health officials and doctors fumbled in communicating Ebola risk November 5, 2014 10:48AM
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DaytonDailyNews: Ohio ends Ebola quarantines (Vinson related) 11/5/2014 11:13AM
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TimesDispatch: VA Tech bans travel to 3 countries because of Ebola November 5, 2014 9:35AM
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BusinessInsurance: Kimberly-Clark faces $500M lawsuit over Ebola protection gear October 30, 2014 11:08AM
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WSJ: Ugandan doctor cured of Ebola in Germany Patient no longer infected but will remain in isolation for now. 11/5/2014 11:20AM
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FierceHealthcare: Ebola: Researchers need access to virus samples for treatment, vaccines November 5, 2014
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KCENTV: 21-day quarantine ends Tuesday for belton Family (TX) November 5, 2014
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ExpressTribune: Ebola endemic claims over 5,000 lives: UNDP November 5, 2014
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Health24: Still many 'unknowns' about Ebola transmission November 5, 2014

Some Ebola Patients Should Get Placebo in Drug Tests: FDA

Hemorrhagic fever cases reported in Sudan’s Kordofan

Africa Ebola quarantines violated in search of food (Sierra Leone--Al Jazeera report, and quite likely on the level)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2821454/Bridal-shop-Ebola-nurse-shopped-offers-huge-sale-closed-three-weeks-epidemic-panic.html

CBC: Person who had contact with Dr. Craig Spencer released from quarantine
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — City officials announced Wednesday that one person is being released from a quarantine that had been ordered following contact with diagnosed Ebola virus patient Dr. Craig Spencer.
The person, who had been under quarantine due to contact with Spencer, will be subject to direct active monitoring following a physician review, according to a news release from the New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation.
This means the person’s daily movements in New York City will no longer be restricted, and the person will be evaluated each day by Department of Health and Mental Hygiene staff.
The person under monitoring does not pose any public health threat and does not show any symptoms, the HHC said.
One person remained under precautionary quarantine for Ebola in New York City as of Wednesday, the department said.
Meanwhile, Spencer himself continued to show improvement at Bellevue Hospital Center, and his condition was reported as stable. He remained in isolation Wednesday and was receiving treatment.
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PIX11: Dr. Craig Spencer continues to show improvement, remains in isolation

Number of People Under "Active Monitoring" for Ebola in NYC Triples, City Officials Say

The number of people under "active monitoring" for Ebola symptoms has increased from 117 on Monday to 357 people Wednesday, health officials said.

Number of People Under "Active Monitoring" for Ebola in NYC Triples, City Officials Say

USAToday: U.S. Uniformed officers to treat Ebola patients in Liberia
President Obama has assured Americans that none of the nearly 4,000 U.S. troops heading to Liberia will treat Ebola patients, but 70 uniformed officers of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps will.
The corps, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, will open a clinic outside the Liberian capital, Monrovia, this weekend and is tasked with treating Liberian doctors and nurses who contract the deadly disease. It is the first time U.S. government personnel have been given that assignment, although all volunteered.
For those local medical personnel willing to treat Ebola patients — among the most dangerous of jobs — the new clinic is a means of support, Rear Adm. Scott Giberson, acting U.S. deputy surgeon general, said Wednesday in a phone interview from Liberia.

USArmy.mil: Ebola Supplement from Army Medicine 11/4/2014
The November special supplement on EVD provides important information for beneficiaries and includes a Public Service Announcement from the Army Surgeon General, Key MEDCOM Messages, frequently asked questions about the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), information and resources, and risk communication messages
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SwaziObserver: Nurses will not attend to Ebola Patients
....in what can be seen as a disregard for the Nightingale Pledge which they took before being admitted to the profession, Mamba said nurses would not risk their lives attending to anybody suspected to be infected with the infectious disease which has ravaged some parts of West Africa infecting more than 4 000 people in its wake
ALL healthcare workers have been advised not to attend to anyone with or showing symptoms similar to that of Ebola. Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union (SWADNU) President Bheki Mamba said this during a press conference held at Umtfunti Guest House yesterday afternoon

Also consider:

Awoko/SierraLeoneNews: A case for reviewing the automatic Ebola burial orbiter dictum

World’s First Breathable Ebola Vaccine Proven 100% Effective in [Animal] Trials

Ebola has been ravaging parts of Africa, and the deadly virus shows no signs of stopping. Now a new needle-free vaccine has proven to be 100% effective at stopping the transmission of ebola in monkeys, and it could spell a breakthrough in the battle against the disease. The vaccine is administered through a nasal spray using a common cold virus genetically engineered to carry Ebola DNA, and it keeps protecting for at least a year after it is first administered.

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http://inhabitat.com/breathable-ebola-spray-vaccine-provides-protection-in-trials/

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