Ebola Is Now <br />a Curable Disease.<br />The World Health Organization (WHO) <br />and the National Institutes of Health <br />announced two new treatments that <br />can increase survival of the deadly disease.<br />Today’s news puts us one more step to saving more lives, Mike Ryan, WHO Director of Health Emergencies, <br />via 'Wired'.<br />The new treatments saw death rates <br />drop to 11% and 6%, compared to 24% <br />and 33% of previous treatments.<br />Since last November, patients have <br />in the Democratic Republic of Congo <br />have been receiving the experimental <br />treatments at four treatment centers.<br />The country has been experiencing <br />a year-long outbreak of Ebola, the <br />second-largest that has been recorded.<br />More than 2,800 <br />people have been infected<br />leading to 1,794 deaths.<br />After the virus crossed <br />international borders, the WHO <br />declared it a “public health emergency <br />of international concern” in July
