(Center for Disease Control)
An American doctor who
contracted Ebola in west Africa appears to be recovering, thanks in part
to a new and experimental treatment, according to a report from The Los Angeles Times. Dr. Kenneth Brantly is currently being treated at an Atlanta hospital,
but his organization, Samaritan's Purse, says the crucial treatment
began with an experimental serum that Brantly received in Liberia.
Brantly also received a blood transfusion from a recovered Ebola patient
who he had treated earlier, which may have aided in his ongoing
recovery.
