It will be the first time someone with a documented case of Ebola has been on American soil, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but there is no cause for ...

Once an Ebola patient is identified here, says CDC Director Thomas Frieden, protocols allow doctors and health officials to quickly isolate and treat the person, and to put anyone who may have ...

How do you transport someone infected with the Ebola virus from West Africa all the way to Atlanta? Carefully, sealed off from the pilots and anyone else on the aircraft. There’s a special jet ...

There are processes and procedures in an Ebola treatment centre to keep everyone safe, and if people don't have time to follow them, they can start making mistakes. There was no way of letting ...

Learning more about patients who've recovered from Ebola -- as well as people who are naturally immune -- could save lives. By Mary Beth Griggs Published Oct 16, 2014 11:00 PM EDT Get the Popular ...

He talked about health worker going around to take the temperature of people who were in contact with the Ebola victim in Texas. So a listener, Mark Lackey of New York City, asks this - why can't ...

DAKAR, Senegal-- More than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola and nearly half of them have died, according to figures released Saturday by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak ...

With some Americans on edge over the news of the country's first Ebola patient, the World Health Organization issued a statement Monday clarifying how the virus does and doesn't spread. While the ...

Ebola isn’t as contagious as more common viruses like colds, influenza, or measles. You can't get it by breathing the air. Instead, outbreaks start when it infects people who come in contact ...

Outbreaks of the deadly Ebola virus flare up in parts of Africa almost every year. The virus kills about half the people it infects. But a new study shows that a vaccine already in use is offering ...

MSNBC: This Ebola outbreak is the largest we’ve had – it’s spread to more countries than ever before and already killed more people than all previous outbreaks combined. First, what is Ebola?

Ebola is in the U.S. Now what? Post your questions on Twitter using #EbolaQandA, and our @CNN experts will reply with answers, or join us on Facebook. Yes, Ebola is a scary infectious disease.