Full Coverage: Ebola Virus Outbreak
WASHINGTON D.C. (Worthy News)– The Ebola virus death toll is nearing 900 as more than 100 health workers have been infected by the disease, which has no known cure, including two doctors working for Samaritan’s purse.
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