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Doughton: How to Stop a Plague

by Chris Tachibana | Oct 3, 2014

ebola_virus_emThe Ebola outbreak has kept science journalists, especially Sandi Doughton @SandiDoughton, busy. Seattle is making major contributions to fighting Ebola, Sandi reports, from Gates Foundation support for containment and treatment, to Paul Allen and World Vision funding for funding for diagnosis and treatment. Longer term, Seattle leads in academic and applied research on future anti-Ebola drugs.

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