The Liberian government will prosecute Thomas Eric Duncan, the U.S. Ebola patient in Texas, for lying on a questionnaire when he left Liberia for the States. He reportedly answered "no" when asked if "he had cared for an Ebola patient or touched the body of anyone who had died in an Ebola-affected area."

The Texas Ebola patient was released from the hospital two days before he was ultimately placed in isolation—despite the fact that he told his nurse he had been traveling in Liberia, officials said Wednesday.

A third American has contracted Ebola while in Liberia. The unidentified man is a doctor who was working in obstetrics—not the Ebola unit—at a hospital in the capital of Monrovia. According to The Guardian, it's not clear how he got infected with the virus. He's employed by the missionary group SIM.

The Liberian government admitted today that 17 suspected Ebola sufferers have gone "missing" from a West Point district clinic. Lewis Brown, the Information Minister, told the BBC the patients went "back into their communities." The government previously denied the patients left, claiming they were simply moved to…

Kenyan officials announced that they'll be closing the country's borders to travelers from countries that have been affected by Ebola, as a means for preventing the spread of the disease.

Over the last several months, the deadliest-ever outbreak of the Ebola virus has torn through West Africa, claiming hundreds of lives and leaving hundreds more infected. If you're just catching up with the news, here's some of what we know about the disease, its spread, and how it might be stopped.

Officials have decided to evacuate volunteers from the ebola-stricken regions of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea, after two Americans were stricken by the deadly virus. As reported by CNN, the two victims are improving slightly, but remain in serious condition.

Two American aid workers have contracted the deadly ebola virus in Liberia as the outbreak continues to worsen in West Africa. Over 670 people have died since March in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. NPR reports that the virus has probably now spread to Nigeria.

Yesterday two photojournalists, Chris Hondros and Tim Hetherington, were killed in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata, while covering the intense fighting there that has claimed so many lives. Their accomplishments as journalists are matched by few. They also cared deeply for the people whose stories they told.

Judges in The Hague have granted supermodel Naomi Campbell's lawyers' request that the media be banned from covering her entering and leaving a courtroom when she testifies at the trial of Liberia's former dictator. There's concern over her safety.

The Hague is looking to talk to supermodel Naomi Campbell in a case against former Liberian president Charles Taylor who's on trial for crimes against humanity. That's the same case that prompted her to sock an ABC camerawoman last month.