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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, whose country in West Africa has suffered with during the outbreak of the Ebola virus, waits to speak on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. President Sirleaf meets with President Barack Obama on Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Ebola battle far from over

By Jonathan Soch - The Washington Times

A health official takes the temperature of a Malian soccer fan for Ebola Virus ahead of the African Cup of Nations Group D soccer match between Ivory Coast and Guinea at the Estadio de Malabo in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Sierra Leone eases blocks on travel, business as Ebola wanes

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY - Associated Press

New Ebola tests coming to CDC labs

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

Liberians election workers watch as a voter washes her hands before casting her votes, during the senate election in Monrovia, Liberia. Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014. Health workers manned polling stations across Liberia on Saturday as voters cast their ballots in a twice-delayed Senate vote that has been criticized for its potential to spread the deadly Ebola disease. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

Chris Coons sees progress against Ebola in Liberia

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

A man suffering from the Ebola virus lies on the floor outside a house in Port Loko Community, situated on the outskirts of Freetown, in Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/Michael Duff, File) ** FILE **

Christmas canceled in Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Ebola health care workers carry the body of a man suspected of dying from the Ebola virus in a small village Gbah on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Dec. 5, 2014. A U.N. peacekeeper who contracted Ebola in Liberia will be flown to the Netherlands for treatment, a Dutch Health Ministry spokeswoman said Friday. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh)

Ban Ki-moon warns of Ebola outbreak’s aftermath

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this picture taken Thursday Nov. 20, 2014, an MSF Ebola heath worker is sprayed as he leaves the contaminated zone at the Ebola treatment centre in Gueckedou, Guinea. Officials in Guinea say bandits during a roadside robbery stole a cooler containing blood samples that are believed to have Ebola, from a vehicle traveling from Kankan prefecture in central Guinea to a test site in Gueckedou, in the south.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Suspected Ebola blood stolen in Guinea by bandits

By Boubacar Diallo - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 2014, file photo, provided by the United Methodist News Service, Dr. Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone. Nebraska Medical Center said in a news release Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, that Salia died as a result of Ebola. Salia contracted the disease while working in Sierra Leone, and he arrived Saturday to be treated at the Omaha hospital, where two other Ebola patients have been successfully treated. (AP Photo/United Methodist News Service, Mike DuBose, File) MANDATORY CREDIT

Martin Salia, Ebola patient at Nebraska Medical Center, has died

By Staff and Nelson Lampe - Associated Press

Health workers in protective suits unload Dr. Martin Salia, a surgeon working in Sierra Leone who had been diagnosed with Ebola, from an ambulance at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, Saturday. Salia is the third Ebola patient at the Omaha hospital and the 10th person with Ebola to be treated in the U.S. (AP Photo/The World-Herald, Sarah Hoffman) MAGS OUT; ALL NEBRASKA LOCAL BROADCAST TV OUT

Ebola-stricken surgeon in Nebraska is ‘extremely ill,’ hospital says

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

In this April 2014 photo provided by the United Methodist News Service, Dr. Martin Salia poses for a photo at the United Methodist Church's Kissy Hospital outside Freetown, Sierra Leone. Salia has tested positive for Ebola and will be flown, on Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014, to the Nebraska Medical Center, in Omaha, Neb., for treatment. (AP Photo/United Methodist News Service, Mike DuBose) MANDATORY CREDIT

Neb. hospital to receive Ebola-stricken doctor from Sierra Leone

By Mike Stobbe and Clarence Roy-Maculay - Associated Press

A hazmat worker looks up while finishing up cleaning outside an apartment building of a hospital worker Oct. 12 in Dallas. (Associated Press)

Ebola infected doctor Dr. Martin Salia coming to U.S. for treatment

By Mike Stobbe - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer, left, and CBP supervisor Sam Ko conduct prescreening measures on a passenger, right, who arrived from Sierra Leone at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago. Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away. Canada's Conservative government said Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, it is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of countries with &quot;widespread and persistent-intense transmission&quot; of Ebola virus disease. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Melissa Maraj, File) **FILE**

Amid Ebola scare, Canada restricts visas

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer, left, and CBP supervisor Sam Ko conduct prescreening measures on a passenger, right, who arrived from Sierra Leone at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago. Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away. Canada's Conservative government said Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, it is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of countries with &quot;widespread and persistent-intense transmission&quot; of Ebola virus disease. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Melissa Maraj, File) **FILE**

Canada restricts visas amid Ebola scare

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Nurse Kaci Hickox leaves her home on a rural road in Fort Kent, Maine, to take a bike ride with her boyfriend Ted Wilbur, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014. The couple went on an hour-long ride followed by a Maine State Trooper. State officials are going to court to keep Hickox in quarantine for the remainder of the 21-day incubation period for Ebola that ends on Nov. 10. Police are monitoring her, but can't detain her without a court order signed by a judge. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Paul LePage: Negotiations with Kaci Hickox for Ebola quarantine have failed

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

In this photo taken Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, Promise Cooper, 16, Emmanuel Junior Cooper, 11, and Benson Cooper, 15, sit at their St. Paul Bridge home in Monrovia, Liberia. The Cooper children are now orphans, having lost their mother Princess in July, and their father Emmanuel in August. Their 5-month-old baby brother Success also succumbed to the virus in August. Ruth, their 13-year-old sister is being hospitalized with Ebola. The three never fell sick to the deadly disease. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ebola orphans: Young and old ostracized, orphaned by Ebola

By Elise Harris - Catholic News Agency

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks during a meeting with more than 20 foreign defense ministers on the ongoing operations against the Islamic State group, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe the threat posed by the Islamic State militants is a very important issue, and fewer than half approve of the way President Barack Obama is handling the danger posed by them, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Forty-six percent of the Americans surveyed say the U.S. military response in Iraq and Syria has not gone far enough and a majority think America’s partners need to up their game in the fight. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Obama tries to tamp down Ebola fears

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

American ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks to media in the city of Freetown , Sierra Leone, Monday, Oct. 27, 2014. The United States will help fight Ebola over &quot;the long haul,&quot; the American ambassador to the United Nations said on a trip to the West African countries hit by the outbreak. Samantha Power, who is visiting Sierra Leone on Monday, met Sunday with religious leaders in Guinea, where the Ebola outbreak was first identified in March. (AP Photo/ Michael Duff)

News Guide: A look at latest Ebola developments

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Dr. Nicole Lurie, assistant secretary for preparedness and response at the Health and Human Services Department, appears on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 24, 2014, before the House Oversight Committee hearing as lawmakers examine the government's response to the Ebola outbreak. In a prepared statement Thursday, Dr. Lurie said the likelihood of a significant outbreak of Ebola in the U.S. is remote, while assuring Congress that government agencies are preparing for any contingency. However, her statement came before news broke late Thursday of a fourth Ebola case diagnosed in the U.S. — a doctor in New York City who had treated patients in Guinea. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans question federal response on Ebola

By ERICA WERNER and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press