Liberia Declared Ebola-Free Again

The World Health Organization has again declared Liberia Ebola-free, after 42 days without a laboratory-confirmed case of the deadly virus. The WHO announced the news Thursday. The nation now goes into a 90-day period of what the WHO called "heightened surveillance" as health officials watch for any recurrence of the virus. Liberia was originally declared Ebola-free on May 9. Halfway through the first heightened surveillance period, on June 29, the WHO said a new case of...

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