A patient at the Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas has a confirmed case of Ebola, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. He is being treated and kept in strict isolation. LM Otero/AP hide caption
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Tuesday
Adrian Hill, director of the Jenner Institute and chief investigator of the trials with an Ebola vaccine his organization developed, holds a vial of the vaccine. Steve Parsons/WPA Pool/Getty Images hide caption
Ebola Researchers Have A Radical Idea: Rush A Vaccine Into The Field
Boys show off their four-legged friends at a rabies vaccination drive set up by the Serengeti Health Initiative in the Bariadi District of Tanzania. Anna Czupryna/Courtesy of Serengeti Health Initiative hide caption
Liberian physician Martha Zarway continues work in a temporary clinic while her original facility is disinfected. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Martha Zarway Of Monrovia: 'I'm A Doctor, So We Can't Run Away'
Some potential new Ebola drugs will be tested at treatment centers like this one run by Doctors Without Borders near Monrovia. John Moore/Getty Images hide caption
Tests Of New Ebola Drugs Could Take Place As Early As November
Monday
As the mayor of Cali, Colombia, epidemiologist Rodrigo Guerrero (left) meets with the police once a week to review murder statistics. Courtesy of Prensa Alcaldía de Calí hide caption
Sunday
Abortions are legal in India. But many are performed by traditional midwives, called dais. Sometimes a dai rubs herbs on a woman's stomach or gives her plants to eat. Poulomi Basu for NPR hide caption
Saturday
A sign in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's capital, warns residents that "the Ebola threat is real." Issouf Sanogo/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Friday
Patients recovering from Ebola at the Kenema treatment center must remain behind white plastic fencing until they are officially discharged. Peter Breslow/NPR hide caption
John Mayer sings to tens of thousands at the 2013 Global Citizen Festival in Central Park. The event is part of an effort to end extreme poverty. Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images hide caption
Bill Clinton presented the million-dollar Hult Prize to a team of business school graduates from India. Mark Von Holden/AP hide caption
Five ambulances, donated by the U.S. to help combat Ebola, are lined up after a ceremony attended by Sierra Leone's president, Ernest Bai Koroma, in Freetown on Sept. 10. Michael Duff/AP hide caption
Promised Help To Fight Ebola Arriving At 'Speed Of A Turtle'
Thursday
Jamira, 11, is an aboriginal girl in Australia. "I like being special," she says. "I like being — you know — different than everyone else." Henrik Nordstrom/I Am Eleven hide caption
Mina Bestman moved to Georgia from Liberia almost 20 years ago. She owns Mina's Cuisine, a West African restaurant that caters to homesick Liberians. Dustin Chambers for NPR hide caption
Wednesday
Bendu Borlay, 21 and an Ebola survivor, is caring for an infant whose mother died of the disease. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption