Aid worker with Ebola returning to U S today
Nancy Writebol, 59, an American missionary in Liberia, is improving after a second dose of an experimental Ebola treatment. She will be flown to Emory University Hospital in Atlanta to join Dr. Kent Brantly, who arrived Saturday, in a special isolation unit. Both worked at an Ebola clinic in Liberia as West Africa fights the outbreak. The medicine, from Mapp Biopharmaceutical with government funding, targets boosting the immune response.
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Airlines fuel fare rise as seat supply fails to keep pace
Airlines raise prices as demand grows and seats shrink. Airlines Reporting Corp cites economy recovery driving higher fares. Travelers face continued costs with hotel rates rising about 4 percent to an average $113.80 in the first half of the year per STR data.
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