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A few people are seen during a three-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus, in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014. Volunteers going door to door during a three-day lockdown intended to combat Ebola in Sierra Leone say some residents are growing increasingly frustrated and complaining about food shortages. (AP Photo/Michael Duff)

Dozens flock to new Liberia Ebola treatment center

By Clarence Roy-Macaulay - Associated Press

A charity worker, center, from the GOAL Ireland humanitarian agency, educates children on how to prevent and identify the Ebola virus in their communities at Freetown, Sierra Leone, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Shoppers crowded streets and markets in Sierra Leone's capital on Thursday stocking up for a three-day shutdown that authorities will hope will slow the spread of the Ebola outbreak that is accelerating across West Africa. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)

1st U.S. anti-Ebola military aid arrives in Liberia

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In Monrovia, Liberia, a man reads a newspaper headlining President Barack Obama's plan to send 3,000 U.S. troops to West Africa to help contain the deadly Ebola virus. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Sierra Leone to shut down for 3 days to slow Ebola

By Clarence Roy-Macaulay - Associated Press

Medical personnel inside a clinic take care of Ebola patients in the Kenema District on the outskirts of Kenema, Sierra Leone, in this Sunday, July 27, 2014, file photo. On July 23, the doctor in charge of battling Sierra Leone's current Ebola outbreak became ill with the deadly disease, the country's health minister confirmed. He later died. (AP Photo/ Youssouf Bah, File)

U.S. military planners arrive in Africa as part of Ebola response

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Health workers, attend to patients that contracted the Ebola virus, at a clinic in Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Sept. 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

U.S. military to build, equip Liberia hospital for Ebola health care workers

By Maggie Ybarra - The Washington Times

Nancy Writebol, who spent weeks in isolation after contracting the deadly Ebola virus in Liberia, looks to her husband, David, during a news conference Wednesday. This is the first time that the Charlotte woman, who was recently released from an Atlanta hospital, has spoken publicly about her experience. She and her husband, both missionaries, had been in Liberia for a year working in a clinic when she contracted the disease. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone)

American survivor Nancy Writebol recounts her return from the grips of Ebola

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Health workers spray the body of an amputee suspected of dying from the Ebola virus with disinfectant, in a busy street in Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014. Food in countries hit by Ebola is getting more expensive and will become scarcer because many farmers won't be able to access fields, a U.N. food agency warned Tuesday. An Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more than 1,500 people, and authorities have cordoned off entire towns in an effort to halt the virus' spread. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Another American in Liberia contracts Ebola: Group

By Alexandra Olson and Sarah DiLorenzo - Associated Press

A man that was hired by the community sprays chemicals to try and prevent the spread of the Ebola virus is seen in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as are now known, the World Health Organization said Thursday. A new plan released by the U.N. health agency to stop Ebola also assumes that the actual number of cases in many hard-hit areas may be two to four times higher than currently reported.(AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Ebola arrives in Senegal as outbreak accelerates

By Babacar Dione - Associated Press

Children surround a man, left, that fell down while walking on a street suspected of having contracted the Ebola virus in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014. The World Health Organization says the outbreak has killed more than 1,200 people, while authorities struggle to contain its spread and treat the sick. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Liberian security forces seal slum to halt Ebola

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh - Associated Press

Health workers with buckets, as part of their Ebola virus prevention protective gear, at an Ebola treatment center in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Monday, Aug. 18, 2014. Liberia's armed forces were given orders to shoot people trying to illegally cross the border from neighboring Sierra Leone, which is closed to stem the spread of Ebola, local newspaper Daily Observer reported Monday. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Liberia: 3 receiving untested Ebola drug improving

By Jonathan Paye-Layleh and John Heilprin - Associated Press

People pass by Ebola virus health warning signs, in the city of Monrovia, Liberia. Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital's largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including bloodstained sheets and mattresses. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Ebola spread fears rise as clinic looted

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President Barack Obama looks to Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., as he announces Kerry's nomination for the next secretary of state in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

State Department stranded American in Liberia amid Ebola fears, aid worker says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

An ambulance arrives with Ebola victim Dr. Kent Brantly, right, to Emory University Hospital, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014, in Atlanta. Brantly, infected with the Ebola virus in Africa arrived in Atlanta for treatment Saturday, landing in a specially equipped plane at a military base, then being whisked away to one of the most sophisticated hospital isolation units in the country, officials say. (AP Photo/WSB-TV Atlanta) METRO ATLANTA TV OUT

CDC chief tries to ease fears of Ebola in U.S.: ‘We can stop it from spreading’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This Oct. 7, 2013 photo provided by Jeremy Writebol show his mother, Nancy Writebol, with children in Liberia. Writebol is one of two Americans working for a missionary group in Liberia that have been diagnosed with Ebola. Plans are underway to bring back the two Americans from Africa for treatment. (AP Photo/Courtesy Jeremy Writebol)

U.S. doctor with Ebola in Atlanta for treatment

By Ray Henry - Associated Press

An employee of the Monrovia City Corporation sprays disinfectant inside a government building in a bid to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola virus, in the city of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. U.S. health officials warned Americans not to travel to the three West African countries hit by the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history. The travel advisory issued Thursday applies to nonessential travel to Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the deadly disease has killed more than 700 people this year. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

WHO: Ebola moving faster than control efforts

By Boubacar Diallo and Krista Larson - Associated Press