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August 4, 2014 |
Ebola continues to spread in West Africa
The World Health Organization is reporting 887 deaths from the worst outbreak of the Ebola virus in history. A man with Ebola-like symptoms who had recently been to West Africa went to the emergency room at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan on Sunday and a nurse who treated Ebola victims will be the second American flown in a specially outfitted plane from Liberia to be treated for the virus. Emory University Hospital in Atlanta is expecting her to arrive on Tuesday. Kent Brantly, a doctor on her team is also being treated there. --Thea Breite (14 photos total)

Liberian Deputy Health Minister Tolbert Nyensuah talks with protesters on the importance of burying Ebola victims in Johnsonville outside Monrovia, Liberia August 2, 2014. The military police were called in to control youths from the Johnsonville community who staged a protest against the government's decision to bury Ebola victims in Johnsonville. (Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA) #

Nigeria health officials wait to screen passengers at the arrival hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Nigerian authorities on Monday confirmed a second case of Ebola in Africa's most populous country, an alarming setback as officials across the region battle to stop the spread of a disease. (Sunday Alamba/AP) #

Liberian members of the Women of Peace Building Network in Monrovia, Liberia, August 4, 2014 as they observe two weeks of fasting and praying for God's intervention in eradicating the deadly Ebola virus. According to statistics from the United Nations, 887 people have died from the Ebola outbreak, making it the worst ever in history. The Liberian government has ordered that the bodies of people killed by the Ebola virus must be cremated following strong reactions from communities objecting against the burial of Ebola victims in their areas. (Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA) #
More links and information
Experimental drug likely saved Ebola patients - cnn.com, 8/4/14
Ebola virus disease - who.int, 8/4/14