Liberia confirms 2nd Ebola death in resurgent outbreak

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015, file photo health workers wash their hands after taking a  blood specimen from a child to test for the Ebola virus in a area were a 17-year old boy died from the virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia.  Deputy Health Minister and head of the Ebola response, Tolbert Nyenswah, told The Associated Press the woman in her early 20s who died on July 12 was linked to the 17-year-old boy who died last month.  (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh,File)

FILE – In this Tuesday, June 30, 2015, file photo health workers wash their hands after taking a blood specimen from a child to test for the Ebola virus in a area were a 17-year old boy died from the virus on the outskirts of Monrovia, Liberia. Deputy Health Minister and head of the Ebola response, Tolbert Nyenswah, told The Associated Press the woman in her early 20s who died on July 12 was linked to the 17-year-old boy who died last month. (AP Photo/ Abbas Dulleh,File)

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Ebola outbreak stirs anger in fragile Liberia

A resident of West Point neighborhood, which has been quarantined following an outbreak of Ebola, pushes a wheelbarrow full of food rations from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Monrovia August 28, 2014. REUTERS/2Tango

A resident of West Point neighborhood, which has been quarantined following an outbreak of Ebola, pushes a wheelbarrow full of food rations from the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Monrovia August 28, 2014.  REUTERS/2Tango

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Liberia president declares Ebola curfew

Ebola Caregivers

In this undated handout photo provided by Medecins Sans Frontieres, local staff and healthcare workers for Doctors Without Borders, exit an isolation ward in Guekedou, Guinea. For doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa, working in head-to-toe protective gear in muddy health clinics is often the least of their problems, as many also struggle to convince people they are there to stop Ebola, not spread it. (AP Photo/MSF)

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Husband, wife turned to God when she got Ebola

David Writebol

This frame grab image from video shows David Writebol interviewed in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014. Writebol is a missionary who recently returned to the US after helping treat Ebola patients in Liberia, his wife is now being treated for the deadly virus in Atlanta. (AP Photo)

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Bodies dumped in streets as West Africa struggles to curb Ebola

Health workers, wearing head-to-toe protective gear, prepare for work, outside an isolation unit in Foya District, Lofa County, Liberia in this July 2014 UNICEF handout photo.  REUTERS-Ahmed Jallanzo-UNICEF-Handout via Reuters

Health workers, wearing head-to-toe protective gear, prepare for work, outside an isolation unit in Foya District, Lofa County, Liberia in this July 2014 UNICEF handout photo. REUTERS-Ahmed Jallanzo-UNICEF-Handout via Reuters

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