Report: Ebola Far Deadlier for Young Children

Ebola appears to do its damage worse in young children than it does in adults, killing 90 percent of children under the age of one who become infected, a new study has found. The joint study by the World Health Organization and Imperial College London found that, although infection rates are lower in children than adults, babies and toddlers who get the disease have a far slimmer chance of survival. The virus, which causes haemorrhagic fever and induces internal and external bleeding,...

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