(NBC) Journalist being treated for Ebola still improving (could be released this week)

[morningfog]

The Nebraska doctors treating an American video journalist for Ebola say he could be released by the end of the week if tests show he’s free of the deadly virus.

Ashoka Mukpo (ah-SHOH’-kuh MUK’-poh) has been treated at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha since Oct. 6.

He has been improving steadily since receiving an experimental Ebola drug and a blood transfusion from someone who survived the virus although he remains weak.

Dr. Mark Rupp said Monday that Mukpo could be released from the hospital’s isolation unit in the next few days if the U.S. Centers for Disease Control confirms he is Ebola-free.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/journalist-being-treated-for-ebola-still-improving/2014/10/20/d455e17c-588e-11e4-9d6c-756a229d8b18_story.html

[uppityperson]

1. That is good news. Thanks.

[City Lights]

2. Thanks for this good news.

I hope he continues to improve and gets stronger.

[customerserviceguy]

3. Now, can news organizations

stop sending healthy people over there to report that life sucks in West Africa? The American public is already quite aware of it, and frankly, it would be counterproductive to the wishes of the majority here who favor no travel bans of any kind.