Health: One Step Closer to Ebola Treatment for Humans

	Friday, February 26, 2016

Monkey Trial Offers Hope for Future Ebola Treatment for Humans

An antibody treatment for Ebola might be able to protect people for up to five days after they've been exposed to the deadly virus, a new animal study suggests.
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