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Absence of USAID likely slowed Ebola detection and response, former officials say

Until last year, the U.S.

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A border health officer at the crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo checks a traveler's temperature Monday.

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A border health officer at the crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo checks a traveler's temperature Monday.
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Ebola death toll rises as two Americans are flown to Europe for monitoring

The suspected death toll from the Ebola outbreak in central Africa rose again Wednesday, as a group of potentially exposed Americans were arriving in Europe for monitoring and the World Health Organization warned a vaccine was still months away

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A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the National Biomedical Research Institute in Goma, on Tuesday.

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Workers take part in sanitation, renovation, and leveling work at the former Ebola treatment center, in Goma on Tuesday.
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Ebola deaths rise sharply as outbreak’s ‘scale and speed’ worry WHO chief

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa rose sharply Tuesday, with the head of the World Health Organization expressing concern over the “scale and speed of the epidemic.”At least 131 people are believed to have died and 531 suspected to have been infected, according to the Congolese Health Ministry.

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A visitor's temperature is checked before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma on Monday.
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Ebola deaths rise sharply as ‘scale and speed’ of outbreak concerns WHO

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in central Africa rose sharply Tuesday, with the head of the World Health Organization expressing concern over the “scale and speed of the epidemic.”At least 131 people are believed to have been killed and 531 suspected to have been infected in the latest outbreak, according to the Congolese Ministry of Health.

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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital in Goma on Monday.
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New Ebola outbreak fuels mounting global alarm as U.S. works to relocate affected Americans

There was increasing global alarm Monday over an Ebola virus outbreak in central Africa that the World Health Organization has declared a public health emergency of international concern

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A healthcare worker checks a visitor's temperature before allowing her access to a hospital in Goma on Sunday.

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A motorcycle taxi driver waits for clients in front of a hospital in Goma on Sunday.
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Senior minister quits, setting up possible contest to oust British PM

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has the challenge he dared his mutinous party to produce, setting up a potential clash over the future of the United Kingdom and its ruling center-left Labour Party.

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From left: Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

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From left: Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

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From left: Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

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From left: Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.

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From left: Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner and Energy Secretary Ed Miliband.
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King Charles enters stage of Britain’s political drama as PM Starmer faces down challengers

LONDON — Plotters are trying to bring down the British prime minister.

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Starmer at the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday.

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King Charles and Queen Camilla depart Buckingham Palace for Parliament.

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Yeoman warders take part in the ceremonial search ahead of the state opening.

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King Charles, wearing the Imperial State Crown and the Robe of State enters the Houses of Parliament with Queen Camilla.
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