Ebola-Infected Nurse Discharged
BY LAURA STEPHENSON CARTER
A key element in the mission of the Intramural Research Program is to respond to public-health emergencies such as the Ebola epidemic. Beyond having had an Ebola vaccine ready for clinical trial before the onset of the recent West African outbreak, the NIH Clinical Center's Special Clinical Studies Unit has long been prepared to accept Ebola patients. Texas nurse Nina Pham was successfully treated for Ebola at NIH, recovered, and returned home.
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