WHO: Liberia is Ebola-free

The World Health Organization has declared Liberia free of the Ebola virus. The move comes after Liberia reported no new Ebola cases for 42 days, twice the maximum incubation period for the deadly disease. "Interruption of transmission is a monumental achievement for a country that reported the highest number of deaths in the largest, longest, and most complex outbreak since Ebola first emerged in 1976," said the WHO in a statement. Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf...

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