A disease that was discovered and contained to Central Africa in the 1970s has revived and spread in 2014. Now there is an Ebola outbreak that has moved across borders and science still has no cure for it.
Join Josh and Chuck as they dive into the deadly Ebola virus, exploring its origins in 1976 along the Ebola River in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its terrifying 90% mortality rate. The hosts discuss how the virus spreads through bodily fluids, its devastating effects on the immune system, and the challenges of containing outbreaks in West and Central Africa. With two American missionaries recently brought to Atlanta for treatment with an experimental drug called ZMapp, this timely episode covers everything from Ebola's five different strains to the ongoing search for its natural reservoir, likely fruit bats.
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