American Surgeon Who Contracted Ebola in Congo Walks Free From Berlin’s Charité After 17 Days (opens in new tab)

Dr. Peter Stafford, a missionary surgeon who contracted the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola after operating on a patient in eastern Congo before the outbreak was even declared, was discharged from Berlin's Charité hospital on Saturday along with his wife and four children — none of whom developed symptoms. His recovery, achieved through combined antiviral therapy with no approved treatment for this strain of the virus, may offer the clearest clinical template yet for treating Bundibugyo ebolavirus...