American troops will leave Liberia by the end of April and only leave a small force to coordinate with and help Liberian efforts to combat the Ebola epidemic.
The global death toll in West Africa caused by the Ebola epidemic continues to soar. The global death toll in West Africa caused by the Ebola epidemic continues to soar.
Ebola remains a significant health crisis in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the Ebola epidemic death toll has risen to nearly 5,500 out of 15,351 cases identified in eight countries, reports Huffington Post.
The United States will receive its tenth medical patient diagnosed with Ebola Saturday afternoon. The United States will receive its tenth medical patient diagnosed with Ebola Saturday afternoon.
On Wednesday, the health ministry announced that a nurse died in the Malian capital of Bamako, becoming the second victim to fall fatally ill from the disease in the country, reports BBC.
According to Reuters, the United Nations declared that the shortage of food and basic goods is driving some in quarantine zones to leavedespite the growing number of Ebola cases in Sierra Leone as the country lacks treatment centers.
The security guard fired after accompanying President Barack Obama in an elevator at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta says dismissal was unjust. Kenneth Tate was carrying a gun on the elevator which is against Secret Service protocols, although it was a CDC-issued firearm.
