Plan Now for Future Ebola Outbreaks

60-Second Health

Oct 31, 20142:53Religion & Spirituality

Diagnostics, vaccines and new drugs could vastly improve the way future Ebola outbreaks manifest in Africa, according to emerging infectious disease expert Jeremy Farrar. Steve Mirsky reports

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