Global Epidemic

Two Ebola-stricken US aid workers get novel experimental drug

Nancy Writebol and Dr. Kent Brantly, are improving, although it's impossible to know whether its the treatment or if they recovering on their own as others Ebola survivors have.

All you need to know about safety on flights amid Ebola outbreak

Below are some key questions about Ebola, what airlines are doing and how safe it is to fly.

Timeline: How the recent Ebola epidemic turned into the worst yet

Here are the key developments since the worst-ever epidemic of Ebola emerged in west Africa in March, fuelling fears the epidemic could spread to other continents.

Athlete competing at Commonwealth Games tested for Ebola

Over 700 people have died in West Africa from Ebola, with the worst recorded outbreak in history centered in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Ebola: Amid fear of global epidemic Sierra Leone declares health emergency

The nation's schools to shut down and most civil servants to stay home as fears deepened over the virus that already has killed more than 670 people in West Africa