WHO approves use of untested Ebola drugs in outbreak
The World Health Organization says it is ethical to use untested vaccines and treatments in West Africa's Ebola outbreak. ZMapp is in very short supply as two U.S. aid workers improve after receiving it while the death toll climbs past 1,600. A Spanish priest who died in Madrid was the third patient treated with the experimental drug. production could be months away.
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World Health Organization
West Africa
Liberia
U.S
Madrid
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Nigeria
Mapp Pharmaceuticals
Marie- Paule Kieny
WHO
Tobac
Jesse Goodman
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Georgetown University Medical Center
Pajares
San Juan de Dios
Kieny
Egypt presents cease-fire proposal to end Gaza war
Egypt proposed a phased easing of Gaza border restrictions and a reduced 500 meter buffer with Israel, pausing airstrikes as talks with Israel and Hamas continue. The plan aims to improve Gaza movement and goods flow to the West Bank while leaving core issues for later talks.
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Egypt
Israel
Hamas
Gaza Strip
Associated Press
Gaza
West Bank
U.N
Moussa Abu Marzouk
Mahmoud Abbas
Abbas
Palestinian Authority
Ynet
Benjamin Netanyahu
Moshe Yaalon
U.N. Human Rights Council
Geneva
Foreign Ministry
William Schabas
Schabas
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