Myanmar, Vietnam Test Travelers for Ebola

Fears of an Ebola outbreak have spread from West Africa to as far away as southeast Asia. Health officials in Myanmar, also known as Burma, quarantined a 22-year-old man they thought might have the potentially deadly virus. He was returning home Tuesday from Guinea in West Africa along with four others, and may also have traveled to Liberia. On Wednesday, Thai health officials said they were told the man in question does not have Ebola, but is sick with malaria. However, the chief...

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