Ebola Suspected Patient: Canadian Returning from Nigeria Shows Symptoms.

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UPDATE:

The patient with flu-like symptoms who recently visited Nigeria and was put into isolation at an Ontario hospital has tested negative for the deadly Ebola virus.

Ontario's Minister of Health and Long-Term Care, Eric Hoskins confirmed that the man, who recently travelled to Canada from Nigeria, where the outbreak has prompted a state of emergency, is now "doing well" and anticipated to have a "full and speedy recovery."

Hoskins said in a release, posted to the Ontario ministry's website:

If You Have These Symptoms, Do HIV Test

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The war against HIV/AIDS is far from being over. This is because, globally, more than 34 million people now live with HIV/AIDS, while 3.3 million of them are under the age of 15.

According to amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, which is dedicated to ending the global AIDS epidemic through innovative research, in 2011 alone, an estimated 2.5 million people were newly infected with HIV; and out of these, 330,000 were under the age of 15.

Sad to say, everyday, nearly 7,000 people contract HIV — nearly 300 every hour.

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