Ebola survivors urged to abstain from sex indefinitely due to newfound risk

The Centers for Disease Control and Protection is warning Ebola survivors to abstain from sex or use a condom when they engage in sexual intercourse, following a discovery that suggests the virus may be spread through semen long after previously thought.

The agency changed its guidelines this week to advise those who have had the disease to avoid any type of sexual relations without a condom "until more information becomes available." Survivors were previously instructed to wait three months before sex, which was the longest the Ebola virus had ever been recorded to remain in the semen of an Ebola patient. Read more...