Gains in Ebola Battle Cheered by US Envoy

Samantha Power, US envoy to the UN, credited a reported drop in new Ebola infections in West Africa to US and other international aid efforts, on Sunday. Power, who just returned from a tour of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, the three countries worst-hit by the Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 4,900 people, said one of the biggest improvements was being seen in burial practices. "In Liberia, thanks to the presence of the CDC and the US military, ...