Sun coverage: Ebola in the news

Federal health officials told a Senate committee Wednesday that the Obama administration's request for $6.2 billion in emergency funding is critical to fighting the spread of Ebola, and there were indications the proposal could win broad bipartisan support.

State health officials are monitoring about 100 people who have traveled from Ebola-stricken countries but won't disclose any more information about their condition unless someone tests positive for the deadly virus.

While Liberia and other West African countries are seven months into the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak in history, several Carroll County-based organizations are on the front lines of the battle to control the outbreak.

Efforts to screen for possible cases of Ebola are moving from airports and hospitals to doctors' offices and urgent-care clinics.

Profectus BioSciences announced Friday its third round of government investment this month for an Ebola vaccine, receiving a $9.5 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Call it the Ebola effect. A lot more Marylanders are volunteering for that shot in the arm that may protect them from the flu this year.

The first to die from Ebola in Masa Salifu's family was her cousin, who worked in a hospital in Liberia. Next came her aunt, uncle and more cousins.

Blood test was first to be conducted in Md. for Ebola

A team of scientists based at Aberdeen Proving Ground has in the past conducted lab work to protect Army soldiers from chemical and biological weapons, harmful pollution — even insect infestations. But its next deployment isn't in a traditional war zone.