Duncan Fights for Life

There’s an update on the patient who got sick after flying from West Africa to Texas. The hospital says he is now in critical condition, and doctors are trying something new. As Thomas Eric Duncan fights for his life, doctors are now administering an experimental Ebola-fighting drug. Officials first said this drug would make him even sicker. News of Duncan walking around in public, potentially exposing up to 100 other residents to Ebola is making for a much busier day for receptionists at CDC headquarters. Since Duncan became the first Ebola patient ever diagnosed in the US, 800 calls per day began pouring into the CDC. That number is a huge increase over the typical 50 or so calls per day.