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The test developed by NIH and Italian scientists involves the insertion of a rigid fiber-optic rhinoscope into the patient’s nasal cavity. A sterile brush is then inserted alongside the scope to collect olfactory neurons by gently rolling along the mucosal surface.

Ebola outbreaks, deaths in east Africa, as of August 6, 2014

A year-round preventive drug treatment substantially reduces young children’s risk of contracting malaria and poses no serious risk of adverse events, according to a study by researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health.

A second American aid worker who contracted Ebola arrived for treatment Tuesday afternoon at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, and is said to be feeling somewhat better.

A woman waits to enter an Ebola isolation ward to feed her husband, along with Liberian Ministry of Health, WHO, and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) personnel who are treating several Ebola patients located in the capital Monrovia.

A U.S. missionary who contracted Ebola has been evacuated from Liberia aboard a special medical flight.

Three-dimensional structure of glutamate receptor in desensitized state at ~ 7-angstrom resolution derived by combining information from tens of thousands of molecular images.

A Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) health worker donning a protective suit to treat Ebola victims in Kailahun, Sierra Leone.

A government health worker at the Kenema Ebola Treatment Centre in Sierra Leone attends to a victim.