U.S. Journalist With Ebola Has Made 'Great Progress'

Doctors said Sunday that the health of Ashoka Mukpo, a patient being treated for Ebola at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, is improving.

"With the Ebola virus, you never relax completely, but we think he has made great progress," Phil Smith, a doctor and infectious disease expert at the medical center said in a press conference.

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Mukpo, a 33-year-old freelance journalist, contracted Ebola while working with NBC News in Liberia, and arrived at the medical center for treatment on Oct. 5. He is the fifth American with Ebola to return to the U.S. for treatment during this outbreak, which has killed more than 4,000 people according to the World Heath Organization Read more...

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