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Liberia quarantines an area where new Ebola case appeared

06/30/2015

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberian authorities on Tuesday quarantined two households after the corpse of a 17-year-old boy was found with Ebola, sparking fears the West African country could face another outbreak of the disease nearly two...

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06/30/2015

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US Military Planes Arrive in Liberia

10/09/2014

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Six U.S. military planes arrived at the epicenter of the Ebola crisis, carrying more aid and American Marines into Liberia, the country hardest hit by the deadly disease that has devastated West Africa and stirred anxiety across a fearful...

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10/09/2014

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Liberia Cautiously Marks End of Ebola After 4,700 Deaths

05/09/2015

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Saturday marks 42 days since Liberia's last Ebola case — the benchmark used to declare the outbreak over because it represents two incubation periods of 21 days for new cases to emerge

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05/09/2015

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Thousands More Ebola Cases Coming, WHO Warns Liberia

09/08/2014

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The current Ebola outbreak has spread from Guinea to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria and Senegal and killed more than 2,000 people.

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09/08/2014

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UN Ebola Boss: We`re Winning, But Beware Complacency

02/19/2015

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"The biggest risk we have is a certain degree of fatigue," Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said in Liberia.

"The biggest risk we have is a...

02/19/2015

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We Can Stop Ebola, Says CDC`s Top Doc

08/26/2014

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Dr. Tom Frieden was in Liberia on Tuesday and later planned to stop in Sierra Leone and Guinea.

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08/26/2014

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Ebola Vaccine Trials Begin in Liberia

02/02/2015

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Up to 600 volunteers are taking part in the first phase, and organizers say eventually as many as 27,000 people could participate.

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02/02/2015

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Liberia Barricades Slum in Effort to Control Ebola

08/20/2014

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Riot police and soldiers used scrap wood and barbed wire to seal off 50,000 people in the slum of West Point.

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08/20/2014

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Clinical Trial for Anti-Viral Drug Starts at Ebola Center

01/06/2015

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The trial is now under way at a major health center in Liberia's capital to determine if a medication already used to treat other viruses could help those suffering from Ebola.

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01/06/2015

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Patients Flee as Liberian Ebola Clinic Looted

08/18/2014

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The weekend chaos in Monrovia highlights the growing unease and panic amid the disease's mounting death toll.

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08/18/2014

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