Five Patients Given Experimental Ebola Drug Improving

Publisher:
Voice of America
Publication Date:
19 August 2014
Tags:
West Africa, Aid and Assistance, Health and Medicine, International Organizations and Africa

The World Health Organization has approved the use of experimental treatments for Ebola patients in West Africa. The Ebola outbreak there is unprecedented, the disease deadly. The number of people who have died from Ebola has surpassed 1,200. VOA's Carol Pearson reports on the ethical considerations of allowing experimental drugs to be used.

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