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DoD Sending Fewer Troops to Liberia to Battle Ebola

The Cable: The military will scale back its Ebola operation in Liberia, citing recent success in stopping the spread of the disease as a second Ebola outbreak was detected in neighboring Mali.

Obama seeks $6 billion from Congress to fight Ebola in Africa, United States

The Washington Post: The Obama administration has asked Congress for more than $6 billion in emergency funding to fight the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and secure the United States against further spread of the deadly virus.

Treating Those Treating Ebola in Liberia

TheNewYorkTimes: A dedicated Ebola field hospital for health workers, is scheduled to open soon outside Monrovia, Liberia.

Engineers develop material for better detectors

MedicalNewsToday: University of Utah engineers have developed a new type of carbon nanotube material for handheld sensors that will be quicker and better at sniffing out explosives, deadly gases and illegal drugs.

Ebola in Africa: An update

The spread of the virus has slowed in Liberia, but has accelerated in Sierra Leone