Here is a Catholic doctor who has served the sick during three epidemics. He is not only a doctor, but also an ordained deacon serving the diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Dr Timothy P. Flanigan MD received his medical degree from Cornell University Medical College in New York and completed his residency and fellowship training in infectious diseases at University Hospital of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia. He is now a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases at The Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals and Alpert Medical School of Brown University. He is a fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America.
Remember reading about the deadly Ebola virus, believed to live in bats and wild animals? It was discovered way back in 1976. Since that time, the majority of cases and outbreaks of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) have occurred in Africa. The 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa began in a village in southeastern Guinea, spread to urban areas and across borders within weeks, and became a global epidemic within months.
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