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On Friday, two Somali sisters in suburban Denver told their father that they were too ill to go to school so they were going to stay home. By mid-morning, they called their father at work and said that they wanted to go to the library.

International health authorities have heralded Nigeria and Senegal as examples of how countries can beat back Ebola.

Som Subedi is stuck in traffic. He's running late to check on one of his flock: a 37-year-old woman who's among scores of newly arrived Bhutanese immigrants he watches over like a worried parent.

Federal health officials announced new steps Wednesday to monitor all travelers coming to the United States from the three West African countries at the center of the current Ebola outbreak.

The ladies gathered in Rose Honda's West Los Angeles home, faded mementos of their lives laid out on the teak dining table.