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The condition of the only confirmed Ebola patient in New York has been upgraded to stable, officials said Saturday.

Nina Pham's 1-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel was placed in isolation after his owner contracted Ebola virus disease last month.

U.S. President Barack Obama has championed equal pay and paid family leave in conjunction with his Year of Action.

The unnamed woman had traveled to West Africa and had been monitoring herself for the disease when she developed a high fever Friday.

Republican candidate Kevin Wade played on fears of the Ebola epidemic in an ad targeting Democrat Chris Coons in Delaware.

Canada will stop issuing visas to people from the three West African nations where Ebola is widespread, the government said Friday.

A judge rejected arguments by Maine authorities Friday that Ebola nurse Kaci Hickox’s quarantine was necessary to ensure public health.

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West Africa feels “abandoned” by the African Union, which legislators say has not delivered on promises to send help to Ebola-stricken countries.

The suspicion that health workers and travelers from West Africa face is not unlike the stigma endured by AIDS patients in the 1980s.

Genetic research into the effects of the Ebola virus on mice could help the development of vaccines.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel says the decision to require 21-day quarantine periods for troops returning from West Africa was "science-oriented."

Nurse Kaci Hickox defied an Ebola quarantine, further fueling the debate about her actions.

Are you a health care worker who has been to West Africa or treated Ebola patients in the past 21 days? Louisiana says stay away.

The virus, which has a 40 percent death rate, has been recorded in 786 people in Saudi Arabia, of whom 334 have died.

In Connecticut, a father has sued a local school district for refusing to allow his daughter into class over Ebola concerns.

Kaci Hickox, deemed "selfish" by some Twitter users, might file a lawsuit if she's forced to stay isolated due to Ebola fear.

Hagel approved a strict, 21-day quarantine-like monitoring period for all U.S. troops returning from the Ebola relief mission in West Africa, the Pentagon said.

Texas health officials met the unidentified nurse after she landed at Austin-Bergstrom Airport.

“She doesn’t want to agree to continue to be confined to a residence beyond the two days,” Kaci Hickox's lawyer reportedly said.

Fifty of the Ebola vaccine trial's volunteers will travel to West Africa to provide support to regions most affected.