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BBC OS: Ebola drugs show ‘90% survival rate’

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13/08/2019 GMT

Ebola drugs show ‘90% survival rate’

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Ebola drugs show ‘90% survival rate’

Scientists have said Ebola may soon be a 'preventable and treatable' disease

Scientists have said Ebola may soon be a "preventable and treatable" disease after a trial of two drugs showed significantly improved survival rates. We hear from our health reporter in Nairobi. 

Also, the top Twitter trend in Italy has been #NadiaToffa. She's an Italian TV presenter who has died from cancer at 40 years old. We speak to someone who worked with her. 

And the Lebanese-American former porn star Mia Khalifa has claimed she only made $12,000 from her time working in the industry. She also talked about the difficulty of finding a job after leaving. People in the industry tell us about their experiences. 

(Photo: Health workers dressed in protective suits at the newly constructed MSF (Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. Credit: Reuters/ Baz Ratner)

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