A cluster pushes Mali's total from 1 case reported a few weeks earlier to 6 illnesses, 5 fatal.
Although activity appears to be slowing elsewhere, it's still rising in Sierra Leone.
Quicker, simpler diagnostic tests could go a long way in helping slow the outbreak, the WHO said.
The authors expand on a previous commentary by clarifying the possible role that aerosol transmission might play in Ebola transmission and offer new language for discussing disease transmission.
It is the 2nd Ebola death on US soil; meanwhile, the country will start screening travelers from Mali.
The high mobility of West Africa's population worries some observers.
Some object to the approach because it involves withholding drugs from controls.
The end of the state of emergency called in August signals a shift in the fight against the virus.
The WHO today reported a confirmed Ebola infection in a nurse, as well as two suspected cases — none related to Mali's first case.
The White House's $6.2 billion emergency Ebola funding request got its first hearing in Congress today.
