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Ebola Outbreak

An outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda has killed 39 people, an infected dozens more. Noah talks to Dr. Matthew Lukwiya, Medical Superintendent for Saint Mary Locar Hospital in the town of Gulu, where a team from the World Health Organization arrived today. Lukwiya says that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and World Health Organization will be helpful in setting up laboratories to help with early detection of the Ebola virus.

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