Third U.S. Ebola patient showing 'remarkable improvement'

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Third U.S. Ebola patient showing 'remarkable improvement'

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/third-u-ebola-patient-showing-remarkable-improvement-205521525.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/PxEXnjsNdtup98LJkh82Rg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-09-11T205521Z_1_LYNXMPEA8A12E_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA-USA-NEBRASKA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Handout shows Debbie Sacra, wife of Dr. Rick Sacra, reading Bible verses to him during a video conference at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska" align="left" title="Handout shows Debbie Sacra, wife of Dr. Rick Sacra, reading Bible verses to him during a video conference at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska" border="0" /></a>By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - The third American to be treated for Ebola in the United States is showing &quot;remarkable improvement&quot; after receiving an infusion of plasma from U.S. Ebola survivor Dr. Kent Brantly, as well as an undisclosed experimental drug, his doctors said on Thursday. Dr. Rick Sacra, 51, who is being treated in a special biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, received two doses of plasma from Brantly, which doctors are calling a convalescent serum, and has been given nightly doses of an undisclosed experimental drug, Dr. Phil Smith, one of Sacra's doctors, said in a news briefing. Brantly's blood likely contains protective antibodies that may help buy Sacra some time while his body tries to fight off the infection, Smith said.</p><br clear="all"/>

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