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It won’t stop! Ebola cases in Africa could be 1.4million by 2015

by Mayowa Aboah Although Nigeria may have succeeded in halting the threat of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), the spread of the disease in other places is still on the rise. The U.S. Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has predicted that Liberia and Sierra Leone could have 1.4 million Ebola cases by January... Read More

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August 12, 2014

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Liberia to get Ebola drug, ‘Zmapp’ from the United States

by Kolapo Olapoju Barely a week after declining to give Africa the experimental drug for Ebola, the United States government has reportedly agreed to give sample doses of the drug to Liberia. The Liberian government revealed that sample doses of the drug, ZMapp will be sent to the country to treat doctors infected with the... Read More

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