Initially, there were a lot of fears that Ebola could mutate to become the airborne Andromeda strain that would wipe us all out.

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• Richard Preston:

  If you want to survive Ebola, you need to be young. If you're in your late 30s, the death rate is a

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  I think we sometimes give ourselves a little too much credit as humans, as being able to control an

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