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Amy Slocum appointed director of Delaware EPSCoR

Targeting the deadly coils of Ebola In the midst of a global pandemic with COVID-19, it's hard to appreciate how lucky those outside of Africa have been to avoid the deadly Ebola virus disease. It incapacitates its victims soon after infection with massive vomiting or diarrhea, leading to death from fluid loss in about 50 percent of the afflicted. The Ebola virus transmits only through bodily fluids, marking a key difference from the COVID-19 virus and one that has helped contain Ebola's spread. Ebola outbreaks continue to flare up in West Africa, although a vaccine developed in December 2019...