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  • CDC to begin testing travelers from Rwanda for deadly Marburg virus

    CDC to begin testing travelers from Rwanda for deadly Marburg virus

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    U.S. health officials are preparing to screen passengers flying in from Rwanda for symptoms of Marburg virus, a severe infection similar to Ebola. “Starting mid-October, airline passengers who have been in Rwanda in the last 21 days will have their travel to the United States rerouted” to one of three airports: Chicago O’Hare, JFK in…