The world still isn't equipped to handle Ebola, Doctors Without Borders says

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Health authorities aren't much better equipped to handle an Ebola flare-up than they were a year ago, international medical charity Doctors Without Borders claimed Saturday, Reuters reports.

"The reality today is if Ebola were to hit on scale it did in August and September, we would hardly do much better than we did the last time around," organization president Joanne Liu said.

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Julie Kliegman
Julie Kliegman

Julie Kliegman is a freelance writer based in New York. Her work has appeared in BuzzFeed, Vox, Mental Floss, Paste, the Tampa Bay Times and PolitiFact. Her cats can do somersaults.