UN Chief Expresses Relief, Caution as End of Ebola Epidemic Nears

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon celebrated the impending end of West Africa's Ebola epidemic with cautious relief, warning that future flare-ups are inevitable and imploring the world not to let its guard down. Ban said West Africa is on "the cusp of being declared free of Ebola transmission.'' That will happen Thursday when Liberia officially joins Guinea in Sierra Leone in being declared Ebola-free. "These achievements could not have happened without the...

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