Oct 07 Effort to battle Ebola outbreak in Africa will cost $750 million, U.S. general says By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press U.S. military efforts to construct treatment facilities, set up more labs and conduct testing and training in Africa to deal with the Ebola crisis are expected to cost $750 million over six months, the Army general who commands U.S. troops… Continue reading
Oct 07 UPDATE: Madrid to euthanize pet dog of nurse with Ebola By Ciarán Giles, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press MADRID -- Three more people were placed under quarantine for Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nurse became infected, authorities said Tuesday. More than 50 other possible contacts were being monitored. Continue reading
Oct 07 15-year-old girl recounts her brutal capture and narrow escape from Islamic State group By Noreen Nasir, Toby Muse For 15-year-old Samia, there's not much left in Iraq after her brother was killed. She tells her story about escaping the Islamic State militants. Continue reading
Oct 07 Watch Yazidi girl on her escape from Islamic State militants By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Officials consider new steps to screen travelers for Ebola – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 06 Watch Fifth American Ebola victim returns to U.S. for treatment – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 06 Can U.S.-style youth programs in Central America keep kids from migrating? By Jude Joffe-Block, Fronteras CHALCHUAPA, El Salvador — The once-staggering number of Central American child migrants crossing the border has slowed dramatically in recent months. But to discourage future migration flows, many say the violence and poverty that helped trigger the exodus must be… Continue reading
Oct 06 Sierra Leone faces deadliest day in Ebola outbreak By Anna Christiansen Sunday marked one of the deadliest days in this year’s Ebola epidemic. In Sierra Leone, the disease claimed 121 lives in 24 hours. The nation’s death toll has now jumped to 678, and 81 additional cases of the hemorrhagic… Continue reading
Oct 06 Two poems on what it’s like to live with Ebola, climate change By Larisa Epatko The two women live in different parts of the world: one on a tropical island in the Pacific, another in a former war-torn African country now fighting Ebola. Their lives are very different but they chose the same way to… Continue reading
Oct 06 101st Airborne headed to Liberia to fight Ebola, build treatment centers By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky says his soldiers went through a two days of training with the Center for Disease Control professionals and others to learn about the Ebola threat. He says medical personnel from Fort Detrick, Maryland, will be… Continue reading