Ebola

President Obama is citing enormous progress in the fight against Ebola. In a White House event, Obama said the U.S. has risen to the challenge. He argued that the U.S. has led the international response to the Ebola crisis through a policy of sound science, not fear...

A patient possibly infected with the Ebola virus is being treated at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.

A Maryland surgeon who traveled to his native Sierra Leone to help treat Ebola patients there, has died at a Nebraska hospital. Dr. Martin Salia passed away at the Nebraska Medical Center today. Salia was diagnosed with Ebola while in Sierra Leone and was airlifted back to the U...

Google is launching a campaign to double the amount of money donated to fight Ebola. They are donating two dollars for every dollar people give to fight the deadly virus.

Lara Logan of CBS News is being quarantined in a South Africa hotel for three weeks as a precaution after visiting an American-run hospital treating Ebola patients in Liberia for a ``60 Minutes'' report that aired Sunday. CBS said Monday that Logan's 21-day self-quarantine will end this Friday...

24/7 News Source - A person in Oregon is in a Portland hospital with Ebola-like symptoms. A state Health Authority spokesperson says the patient is in isolation after registering a high temperature, adding it's not known if she actually has the deadly virus...

A nurse who promised to defy Maine's quarantine for health care workers who've treated Ebola patients has followed through on her vow. Kaci Hickox left her Fort Kent home with her boyfriend on Thursday and went for a bike ride, trailed by reporters and a state police cruiser...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has 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. The move goes beyond precautions recommended by the Obama administration for civilians, although President Barack Obama has made clear he feels the military's situation is different from that of civil

The CDC is releasing new guidelines involving healthcare workers who return from Ebola-affected countries in West Africa. CDC Director Tom Frieden said a more "active monitoring" program is being implemented in six states. As at-risk individuals are assessed daily, additional restrictions may be imposed as necessary...

A top federal health official says it's not necessary to quarantine all health care workers who treated Ebola patients in West Africa. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says active monitoring can accomplish the same thing, because people infected with Ebola don't become contagious until they start showing symptoms...