American doctor confronts Ebola virus

 
By The Associated Press
Published: December 8, 2007

KAMPALA , Uganda — For more than a week, Dr. Scott Myhre didn't wear a mask or other protective gear when treating the listless patients who were flocking to his hospital in western Uganda.

Only now does the American physician know the risk he took. The patients were suffering from a new strain of Ebola, a highly contagious disease that has already killed 22 people, including four health workers, among them a do...


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