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LOS ANGELES (AP) —
A cruise ship docked in California on Sunday after 172 people on board fell ill with the highly contagious norovirus during a nearly monthlong trip, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Some of the more than 4,100 people aboard the Crown Princess began to show signs of the gastrointestinal sickness a few days into the voyage from Los Angeles to Hawaii to Tahiti.
The ill passengers and crew members were treated on the ship. A CDC official was expected to board the ship to investigate the outbreak and the cruise line's response.
NELSON LAMPE,
Associated Press
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) —
A surgeon who contracted Ebola in his native Sierra Leone died Monday while being treated in a biocontainment unit at a Nebraska hospital, the facility said.
Dr. Martin Salia died of the disease shortly after 4 a.m., Nebraska Medical Center spokesman Taylor Wilson said.
Salia, 44, had advanced symptoms when he arrived at the hospital Saturday, including kidney and respiratory failure, the hospital said in a statement. He was placed on dialysis, a ventilator and given several medications to support his organ systems.
Salia was given the experimental drug ZMapp on Saturday. He also received a plasma transfusion from an Ebola survivor — a treatment that is believed to provide antibodies to fight the virus.
The first two Ebola patients to return to the U.S., Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, were treated with ZMapp in August. Their treatments exhausted that supply of ZMapp and Salia was treated using a new batch of the drug.
"We used every possible treatment available to give Dr. Salia every possible opportunity for survival," Smith said.
Sunday was a nice day for a white wedding, at least in the case of Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson.
Beyoncé's sister and the video director tied the knot in New Orleans in front of around 200 guests. Based on photos, white was the color of the day.
Knowles, 28, and Ferguson, 51, arrived at the Marigny Opera House in New Orleans on white vintage bicycles. She wore a cream pantsuit and cape by Stéphane Rolland, and her groom was bedecked in a white suit (but no tie).