Third Ebola Patient Treated In U.S. Cured; French Nurse With Virus In ‘Stable’ Condition

News outlets report on an American doctor who has been treated and cured of Ebola at the Nebraska Medical Center, and a French nurse who contracted the virus and is in “stable” condition at a hospital in Paris.

The Hill: Second U.S. doctor cured of Ebola
“A second American doctor infected with Ebola has successfully fought off the virus, he announced Thursday. Rick Sacra, who worked at a medical clinic in Liberia, has been released from the Nebraska Medical Center about three weeks after he was brought to the U.S. for treatment…” (Ferris, 9/25).

Reuters: Third Ebola patient treated in the U.S. free from virus: doctors
“The third U.S. patient to be treated in the United States for Ebola is now free of the virus, doctors at the Nebraska Medical Center and the patient said in a news conference on Thursday…” (Steenhuysen, 9/25).

Wall Street Journal: France’s First Ebola Patient in ‘Stable’ Condition
“A French nurse who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia 10 days ago is in a ‘stable’ condition, but isn’t out of danger after receiving experimental drugs in a hospital in a Paris suburb for a week, health minister Marisol Touraine said Friday…” (Landauro, 9/26).

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