No More Ebola in One West African Country
While the Ebola epidemic in West Africa is far from over, one country is free of the virus.
Travis Hill
Travis Hill graduated in 2010 from Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon with a degree in international affairs and Hispanic studies. Although his educational background is not in medicine, Travis has a proven ability to translate complex medical topics into easy-to-understand stories for the health consumer. He has served as reporter, senior editor and news director at dailyRx.
Travis currently lives in Austin, TX. In his spare time, he records experimental music and writes poetry.
Last Updated: March 10, 2015
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