Q&A: Ebola virus is heading to the U.S., but you don't need to panic
Friday, August 1, 2014 - 17:30
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With Emory University Hospital in Atlanta planning to receive and treat two U.S. citizens who are sick with the Ebola virus, some Americans have expressed fear that a deadly outbreak -- which has killed at least 729 people in West Africa -- could spread in the United States.
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