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For Ebola patients, a way to see the faces of those helping

April 7, 2015
Health

Imagine being in a hospital with a deadly illness and you can't see the faces of the people caring for you. That's what it's like for Ebola patients. And it's what Los Angeles-based artist Mary Beth Heffernan went to Liberia to change.

For Ebola patients, a way to see the faces of those helping

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