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The dog belonged to a 44-year-old Spanish nurse that contracted the virus while treating a missionary

Thomas Eric Duncan was admitted at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas on September 28, died on October 8

The animal might be carrying the deadly virus, health officials argue the safest way to proceed is to put it to sleep

The 44-year-old nurse is said to have contracted the virus while looking after an Ebola patient hospitalized in Madrid

The patient, identified as Thomas Eric Duncan, is in intensive care at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas

For those who missed them, here are last week's most important announcements and discoveries from the world of science

Following the Ebola outbreak, Liberia, Guinea, and Sierra Leone all pulled the plug on malaria control efforts

The patient diagnosed with Ebola was admitted to hospital on September 28, was put in isolation shortly after

The Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas admitted the unidentified patient this past Monday, diagnosis is pending

Specialists with the US CDC says the Ebola epidemic in West Africa has high chances to go from bad to worse

President Barack Obama says the outbreak is “spiraling out of control,” must be put an end to immediately

The lab-made spleen was successfully used to remove as much as 90% of the pathogens present in the blood of rats

The idea is to transfer whole blood or purified serum from survivors to those infected

It has not yet been decided what drugs and vaccines are to be tested

The drug was found to completely protect the animals against the virus

Even with such an investment, 20,000 people will still be infected in the months to come

Researchers discover four campaigns trying to compromise user computers