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A Promising Ebola Vaccine

The West African Ebola outbreak is still going on as we sit here in our comfy chairs, sipping fancy coffee (I speak for myself of course).  Good news though, it’s starting to burn itself out.  Well, mostly.  Ebola is still going strong in Guinea, where recent cases of new infection have increased.  But in Sierra Leone new infections are on the decline, and there’s been no new infections in Liberia for several weeks. The rapid decline in Ebola in Liberia is thanks, in no small measure, to the efforts of your taxpayer dollars, and the U.S. military, the world’s largest humanitarian organization.… Read More »A Promising Ebola Vaccine

How NOT to catch Ebola!

Okay folks, for those of you that just want the facts and not the details, here’s the one secret to avoid catching ebola… don’t touch someone with Ebola!  Done.  Pretty simple, ehh?  You may ask “But Doc G, how the heck will I know if someone has Ebola or not?”  Fair question.  For simplicity’s sake, signs of Ebola infection fall into two categories, early and late. Some of the early signs of Ebola include… fever muscle pains fatigue headache sore throat These symptoms can take up to 21 days to show up after being exposed.  People in the early stage… Read More »How NOT to catch Ebola!