Scientists around the world are working fast and furiously to treat rare diseases. Meanwhile, the United Nations Ebola Mission Chief is asking the world not to fatigue on the issue even as cases are dropping to the lowest level in months.
On this week’s TechKnow, Lindsay Moran and crew go into the belly of the beast where samples of the Ebola virus will someday be housed in the biosafety level 4 lab in Boston at a facility called The National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories or the NEIDL. The lab will eventually house the most dangerous pathogens known to man when it goes hot. Currently, the Ebola virus is not being studied at NEIDL. Figures for the latest outbreak for Ebola continue to pile up.
The Ebola Virus first appeared in 1976 in two outbreaks occurring at the same time in the Sudan and the Congo.
The current outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is the biggest and most deadly outbreak of its kind according to the WHO.
This outbreak began in December 2013.
Ten times less people are now being diagnosed with Ebola than in September according to the UN.
The U.S. plans to bring back almost all troops who were helping with the West Africa outbreak by April 30th.
Sierra Leone continues to have the highest level of Ebola transmission.
Over 9,500 people have died because of Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea and 23,000 people have been infected.
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