
One of two American doctors infected with Ebola landed in the USA on Saturday, the first time anyone infected with the deadly virus has been brought into the country. A plane carrying Dr. Kent Brantly landed around 11 a.m. Saturday at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., where he was set to be transferred to a special isolation unit at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta for treatment. A second American infected with the virus, Nancy Writebol, is expected to arrive within a few days. Ref. USAToday
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Canada-based Tekmira Pharmaceuticals, which is working with Pentagon to combat the deadly virus, says the FDA is allowing limited clinical trials of the experimental drug. Ref. USAToday