Ebola case shows how Kentucky connects to the rest of the world

By: Robert Farley

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: May 28, 2026

Words: 771

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Earlier this month, Ebola touched the Commonwealth of Kentucky, if only indirectly. Dr. Peter Stafford, who completed his residency at the University of Kentucky School of Medicine in 2018, was diagnosed with Ebola and flown to Germany for treatment. Dr. Stafford had been working as a physician and missionary in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he contracted the disease after performing surgery on a patient who later died.

The outbreak Stafford left …

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