Ebola outbreak casting shadow over Obama summit
The White House insists the health crisis won't affect next week's gathering of African leaders in D.C.
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The White House insists the health crisis won't affect next week's gathering of African leaders in D.C.
A travel advisory is telling U.S. citizens to stay out of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone where the disease has killed more than 700 people this year
Lack of education about the virus means many West African families are unknowingly putting themselves at grave risk
Some have kept sick loved ones at home given the high death rates at clinics where Ebola patients are quarantined
Official tells CBS News the outbreak of the deadly virus is now "above the control of the national government"
Two volunteers came in contact with now-deceased Ebola victim; Peace Corps evacuating its workers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
Very few patients survive this deadly virus, and those who do may face lingering health issues
Doctor contracted virus while treating patients in Sierra Leone; another victim is confirmed to be an American citizen
Officials try to contain the largest-ever Ebola outbreak that has spread across West Africa since March and infected thousands
Liberian man took commercial flight to Nigeria and quickly died there from Ebola; health workers scramble to track down potentially exposed fellow passengers
Deadly, incurable disease keeps popping up in various places, limiting options for managing the crisis; health care workers increasingly in harm's way
Texas doctor and North Carolina aid worker test positive for deadly and incurable disease; situation getting "more and more scary," official says
Passenger fell ill on a flight, possibly exposing many others before he died
More than 500 deaths in region that until now had never seen the disease; fear and panic have sent some patients into hiding
"Horror-movie" virus kills about 70 percent of its victims and makes vaccine research a challenge
Current Ebola outbreak is especially difficult because of the wide area over which it has spread