Virus hunter confronts Ebola

By Todd C. Frankel
Updated September 16 2014 - 3:23am, first published 3:07am
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.
Fighting for survival: Joseph Fair is trying to turn the tide on Ebola.

Joseph Fair hunts viruses. That's his thing. The 37-year-old American loves chasing dangerous pathogens, studying them in secure labs or searching for them in jungles where the microbes lurk.