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Doctors face tough treatment choices in the midst of the Ebola crisis

By PBS News Hour

How to help Ebola relief efforts

By Larisa Epatko

This year’s Ebola outbreak is the worst of its kind with more than 13,000 confirmed or suspected infections and nearly 5,000 deaths. Here's how you can help.

News Wrap: WHO reports Ebola deaths may be slowing

By PBS News Hour

In our news wrap Wednesday, the World Health Organization reported that Ebola fatalities remain at just under 5,000, though the total number of cases now top 13,700. Also, an American nurse who returned recently from Sierra Leone vowed to challenge…

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California orders 21-day quarantine on travelers from Ebola-afflicted countries

By Joshua Barajas

Passengers who arrive in California from an Ebola-stricken West African country and have had contact with an infected patient will face a 21-day quarantine, state health officials said Wednesday.

Troops returning from Ebola mission will be quarantined for 21 days

By Associated Press

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday approved a recommendation by military leaders that all U.S. troops returning from Ebola response missions in West Africa be kept in supervised isolation for 21 days.

5 everyday items that are helping in the fight against Ebola

By Larisa Epatko

We’ve heard about robots and air-conditioned spacesuits as some potential tools to help in Ebola prevention efforts. Here are five ordinary things that are helping today.

States have options to go beyond CDC guidelines

By Josh Lederman, Associated Press

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that the best way to protect Americans is “stop the outbreak at its source,” adding that the Americans deployed to the Ebola-ravaged countries in West Africa has helped the international fight against the Ebola virus.