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Compassionate Use of ZMapp for Ebola

In August 2014, two infected US aid workers and a Spanish priest were treated with ZMapp, an unregistered drug tested in monkeys but not in humans. While the American aid workers recovered, the priest died. The World Health Organization subsequently released a report declaring that administering this unregistered drug was ethical because Ebola is often fatal, and withholding it due to safety concerns would be unethical.

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