transfusions are believed to help a patient fight off the virus because the survivor's blood carries antibodies for the disease.

Sacra also received supportive care, including IV fluids and aggressive electrolyte management.

Symptoms of infection

Meanwhile in Dallas, Thomas Eric Duncan, who has been hospitalised at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital for one week, was listed in critical condition on Sunday.

Dr Tom Frieden, director of the federal Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, said he was aware that Duncan's health had "taken a turn for the worse", but he declined to describe Duncan's condition further.

Duncan arrived in Dallas from Liberia on September 20 and fell ill a few days later.

Four members of a family who hosted Duncan in their northeast Dallas apartment are being kept in isolation, though they have notA new poll from The New York Times and SurveyMonkey found that 50% of people surveyed approved of the GOP tax law while 45% disapproved.

This is the first time the law has seen a positive approval rating in a poll.

The tax law appears to be getting more popular, which is a good sign for Republicans' electoral chances in 2018.



Americans are warming up to the Republican tax law, according to a new survey, providing Republicans with a potentially significant boost to their 2018 electoral chances.

The survey, from The New York Times and SurveyMonkey, found that 50% of respondents supported the GOP tax law, while 45% did not support it.

That represents a dramatic improvement over the initial popularity of the legislation as it moved through Congress. A poll done from