From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

The Ebola epidemic, disease control, and medical ethics.

Hello again, I'm R. and Al-Nalmi, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most. History's worst outbreak of the Ebola virus has killed more than a thousand

people. The most urgent need is to stop the spread caused by sharing bodily fluids. A single airline

passenger brought it to Lagos, Nigeria, a densely populated city where sanitation facilities are hard to come by.

Medical officials face an ethical question, who should receive a tiny supply of drugs never tested on human beings,

which might do more harm than good? We'll update a public health emergency that could go worldwide.

Today's talking point, why do cops in Ferguson, Missouri look like soldiers in Iraq?

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Densely populated Lagos, Nigeria is the latest front in the worst Ebola outbreak in history.

We'll hear about efforts to prevent further spread of a deadly virus with no known cure

and about ethical questions.

Should medications be administered even when they've never

been tested on human beings? Who should be first to get them? Today's talking point, Ferguson, Missouri

is the latest American city where police look like an occupying army. Why are flack jackets,

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