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    Doctor Treated for Ebola Dies in Omaha

    The tenth Ebola patient to be treated here in the US has died at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Dr. Martin Salia was flown there after a medical evacuation from Freetown Sierra Leone. Dr. Dan Johnson of the Nebraska Medical Center says that Salia was critically ill when he arrived, suffering from respiratory and kidney failure.

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    By Warren Olney • Nov 17, 2014 • 1 min read

    The tenth Ebola patient to be treated here in the US has died at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Dr. Martin Salia was flown there after a medical evacuation from Freetown Sierra Leone. Dr. Dan Johnson of the Nebraska Medical Center says that Salia was critically ill when he arrived, suffering from respiratory and kidney failure. Betsy McKay is Atlanta Bureau Chief for the Wall Street Journal. She covers public health and global health issues.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Benjamin Gottlieb

      Reporter, Fill-in Host

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Jenny Hamel

      KCRW

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      Betsy McKay

      senior writer for the Wall Street Journal, where she covers U.S. and global public health

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Iran’s Nuclear Program: Once Again, It’s Down to the Wire
    1. 1:49Doctor Treated for Ebola Dies in OmahaYou’re reading this
    2. 8:39Iran’s Nuclear Program: Once Again, It’s Down to the Wire
    3. 43:07The Fight over the Pill to Prevent HIV
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