Two American aid workers infected with Ebola virus given experimental drug

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Dr. Kent Brantly, 33 was infected in Liberia

Repost from Japan Times

Two American doctors working in Liberia vs ebola virus and who had been infected were flown  in to US in specially designed plane and have been confined in special  isolation unit  in Atlanta's Emory University Hospital.  The two are Dr. Nancy Writebol, 59  and Dr. Kent Brantly 33   Both are recovering .  Dr Nancy can now walk.

They are being given doses of Zmapp made by Mapp Pharmaceutical and this comes from tissues of  animals exposed to ebola.  It boost antibodies of patients suffering from Ebola infection (basic principle of vaccine

Dr Nancy was said to have been injected plasma from a  14 year old patient who recovered.  (Same thing we saw in movie outbreak)

Ebola is fearsome because there is no known cure vaccine vs the disease.  This could be the hope..





Special plane transported the Americans infected with Ebola virus.


Image of ebola virus infection

World Bank pledges $200 million to help African countries affected by Ebola

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Repost from NewsOne India

The World Bank president Jim Yong Kim pledged to provide as much as $200 million in emergency funding to assist the 3 West African countries:   Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. cope up with the ravages of the Ebola outbreak.  The pledge was made on the first day of the US African summit held in Washington DC.  The summit is attended by top officials African Countries and US govt officials which included:   US Secretary of Health Sylvia Burwell CDC director Tom Frieden

The funding will cover medicine, medical supplies, coping up with lost income.

So far 887 have died (or roughly 50% of those who were infected) of the thousands who were infected.

Ebola outbreak is now cause of worldwide alarm raised to level 3

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Repost from Want in News 4 days ago

The alert level for Ebola virus outbreak has been raised to level 3, the highest level.  News has it that in Guinea, where it started, 700 have died (vs 360 as reported elsewhere) and more more than 1,300 have been infected.  This has failed to trigger an alarm elsewhere in the world, as this is limited to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.