Mark Zuckerberg and Wife Priscilla Donate $25 Million to Help Fight Ebola

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Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have just made a major announcement in the wake of the Ebola crisis. In a Facebook post, the two revealed that they are donating $25 million to the Cdc Foundation to help fight the current epidemic. The current situation "is at a critical turning point," he said in his statement earlier today. "It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if not addressed." Zuckerberg added, "We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn't spread further and become a long term global health crisis that we end.

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