Doctor treats Ebola successfully with HIV drug in Liberia

* http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/27/health/ebola-hiv-drug/  

(CNN) - A doctor in rural Liberia inundated with Ebola patients says he's had good results with a treatment he tried out of sheer desperation: an HIV drug.

Dr. Gorbee Logan has given the drug, lamivudine, to 15 Ebola patients, and all but two survived. That's about a 13% mortality rate. Across West Africa, the virus has killed 70% of its victims."

"Doctor treats Ebola with HIV drug in Liberia -- seemingly successfullyA doctor in rural Liberia inundated with Ebola patients says he's had good results with a treatment he tried out of sheer desperation: an HIV drug.