Violence in a Monrovia slum was likely fueled by misconceptions about Ebola and suspicions about the actions of government officials and health workers.
The Ebola total in West Africa's outbreak has pushed past 2,000, as the WHO tempered expectations and addressed food supply issues.
The WHO voiced concern about Ebola-related bans on flights to outbreak countries and other African nations.
From travel-related measures to the offer of experimental vaccine, African and non-African nations take steps to control spread.
As deaths top 1,000, a panel says it's ethical to use unlicensed drugs, vaccines.
In recent days, Guinea closed its borders, and suspected cases in Canada and Saudi Arabia were ruled out.
Along with the agency's declaration came an emergency committee's list of steps to limit disease spread.
The Obama administration is setting up an Ebola working group to consider making policy for the possible use of experimental drugs in West Africa's Ebola epidemic, Reuters reported yesterday, while the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) lifted a barrier to the potential use of an unlicensed drug made by a Canadian company.
An official of a leading aid group asserts that inaction by the rest of the world has let the disease get out of control.
Liberia and Sierra Leone have taken new actions to curb infections, as response activities and testing of possible travel-related cases play out on other continents.
