Mayor-elect Wilmot Collins makes history

"When the issues are close to home, when the issues matter ... I'm there," Wilmot Collins told CBSN's "Red & Blue"

• Nov 9, 2017

U.N. agency urges investment in 10-year-old girls

Ten is a pivotal age for girls as puberty approaches because of choices that start being made about education, work, marriage and child bearing

• Oct 20, 2016

Michelle Obama signs up for Snapchat

Followers will be able to see some First Lady selfies from overseas -- in a few days, she's going to Liberia, Morocco and Spain

• Jun 21, 2016

Country where Ebola outbreak began reaches milestone

Despite positive news in Guinea, "We definitely cannot let our guard down"

• Dec 29, 2015

How bureaucracy, bungling hurt Ebola response

AP investigation: Expired supplies, missing gear and red tape undermined World Health Organization's response to crisis

• Sep 21, 2015

Ebola is claiming lives again in Liberia

Disease that has claimed more than 4,800 lives is resurging, with 120 people under observation in hospitals

• Jul 15, 2015

New Ebola case in Liberia as health workers protest

Officials confirm second Ebola case in same town where disease was detected days earlier on teen's corpse

• Jul 1, 2015

Liberia, recently declared Ebola-free, gets another case

Teen's corpse tests positive in remote region, forcing quarantine of entire community; disease stubbornly lingers in Guinea and Sierra Leone

• Jun 30, 2015

Rapid-detection Ebola test could be game-changer

Blood test that gets accurate results within minutes could help stop outbreaks from spreading, experts say

• Jun 26, 2015

Michelle Obama visits east London school to promote education for girls

The first lady visited the Mulberry School for Girls to talk about her "Let Girls Learn" initiative

• Jun 16, 2015

Dozens monitored after exposure to Lassa fever victim

More than 150 people may have had contact with a patient who died of the rare disease in New Jersey

• May 28, 2015

New Jersey man dies from rare case of Lassa fever

The man became critically ill with the infectious disease after travelling from West Africa

• May 26, 2015

Ebola flares up after lull in Guinea

Health officials are alarmed about new cases just as the crisis seemed to be getting under control

• May 22, 2015

An American woman's fight to stop Ebola with technology

As Liberia reaches a turning point in the fight against Ebola, 25-year-old social entrepreneur Camilla Hermann works to prevent a recurrence

• May 9, 2015

Ebola can spread through sex longer than experts thought

Recent case shows the risk can persist for months

• May 1, 2015

U.S. Ebola patient released from hospital

American healthcare worker who was infected in Sierra Leone managed to survive critical illness

• Apr 9, 2015

Update on condition of U.S. Ebola patient

Officals release new information about the American health care worker infected in West Africa

• Mar 30, 2015

Ebola mystery: Did "cured" man infect his girlfriend?

The Ebola virus can linger in semen for months after a patient recovers

• Mar 25, 2015

Political considerations delayed WHO Ebola response

AP: World Health Organization resisted declaring a global health emergency while hundreds died

• Mar 20, 2015

Americans returning from Africa for Ebola monitoring

Patients to be quarantined at 3 hospitals that have successfully treated Ebola patients during current outbreak, CDC says

• Mar 14, 2015

American Ebola patient heading to Maryland hospital

Patient was exposed to the deadly virus while volunteering at a clinic in Sierra Leone

• Mar 12, 2015

Major milestone in Ebola battle

"I am one of the happiest human beings today on earth" says patient who could be her country's last

• Mar 5, 2015