Ebola specialists among those recognised in New Year honours

Dr Michael Jacobs from the Royal Free London, where Will Pooley and Pauline Cafferkey were treated, among those to receive honoursThe role of British doctors, scientists and advisors in developing treatments that helped end the Ebola epidemic that killed 11,000 people worldwide has been recognised in the New Year honours list.Dr Michael Jacobs, the consultant who treated three Britons with the disease, said he was “honoured and humbled” to receive a knighthood for his services to the