WHO to Declare Liberia Free of Ebola, Ending West Africa Outbreak

Liberia is expected to be declared free of Ebola Thursday by the World Health Organization (WHO), effectively ending the outbreak in West Africa that has killed more than 11,000 people in the past two years. Sierra Leone and Guinea, the two other West African nations affected by the epidemic, were declared free of the disease in November and December, respectively, last year. Two previous attempts to declare Liberia free of the virus ended when infections re-emerged. International...

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