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US Medical Workers Get Crash Course on Treating Ebola on Frontlines

Dr. Kwan Kew Lai's family and colleagues in Boston fear for the safety of the infectious disease physician when she travels to Liberia later this month to treat Ebola patients. "I just feel like it's wrong for me to sit at home while I hear the news of people dying," said Lai, 63. Dressed in a yellow full-body suit, Lai joined 35 other licensed health workers this week for new, hands-on safety training. Developed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...

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