Doctors weigh impossible dilemma in Ebola drug choice
In Dakar, Doctors Without Borders defended not giving the experimental Ebola drug ZMapp to Sierra Leonean physician Sheik Humarr Khan. They cited risk of overstimulating an already mounting immune response and ethical concerns about informing him of a treatment that might not be used. Khan died days after the decision, highlighting debates on scarce untested therapies amid West Africa's outbreak.
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Missionaries return to U S and Ebola quarantine update
Three missionaries who worked with Ebola patients in Liberia returned to the United States and are in quarantine for at least three weeks. They are housed in five motor homes at the SIM USA campus near the South Carolina line, with eight others on site voluntarily while awaiting clearance.
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