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Nancy Writebol

Kent Brantly, who contracted the deadly Ebola virus, smiles during a press conference at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Brantly along with a second American aid worker who contracted Ebola while treating victims of the deadly virus in Libe

Two infected Americans are now Ebola-free, but doctors aren’t sure why

Medicine

Two Americans who contracted Ebola in West Africa have been given a clean bill of health. It’s one positive story that has come out of the West African Ebola outbreak, but what role did the experimental drug ZMapp, whose availability has sparked controversy, have on their recovery?

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