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A photo of Col. Charles Young, taken between 1917-1919, bears the caption: 'To us, colored fellow patriots, falls not our 'bit' but our best. We must perform our full duty. A part of that duty is to eat wisely and without waste in order to help win this world war. Yours for Race and Country, (signed) Charles Young, Colonel, U.S. Army.'

The U.S. Army's first Black colonel, Charles Young, died a century ago after serving as the commander of Ft. Huachuca, but was just recognized with a promotion to brigadier general. Read more»

As one of the Ebola epicenters, the district of Kailahun, in eastern Sierra Leone bordering Guinea, was put under quarantine at the beginning of August. Aug 2, 2014.

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Colorized scanning electron micrograph of filamentous Ebola virus particles (red) attached and budding from a chronically infected VERO E6 cell (blue) (25,000x magnification).

A second health care worker in Dallas who tested positive for the Ebola virus traveled by plane on Monday, one day before reporting symptoms, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The federal public health agency said it is contacting all 132 passengers on the health care worker’s evening flight from Cleveland to Dallas. Read more»

Hospitals in the United States aren't prepared for Ebola. Not what you want to hear right now, of course, but that's the warning being sounded by the very medical professionals who provide much of our health care and who'd be on the front lines of any Ebola outbreak in the United States: Nurses. Read more»

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person in the United States diagnosed with the Ebola virus, died in Dallas, Texas on Oct. 8, 2014.

A week after the first Ebola case in the U.S. was confirmed at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, the patient, Thomas Eric Duncan, died Wednesday morning, hospital officials said. Read more»

An exterior view of Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas on Oct. 1, 2014.

As many as 18 individuals in the Dallas area are under observation by Dallas County health officials after coming in contact with a patient confirmed to be infected with the Ebola virus, officials said on Wednesday. Read more»

Charles Taylor supporters in Monrovia, Liberia, await the reading of Taylor's verdict in a trial for aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity at The Hague. Taylor was found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes.

Charles Taylor, the former Liberian leader, has been found guilty of aiding and abetting war crimes during Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war, at his trial in The Hague. Read more»

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberian activist Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman of Yemen have jointly won the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more»