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Marie Washington, a developer who lives in Locust Point, has a carved elephant tusk that she purchased from her friend whose family was killed during the Liberian Civil War in the early 90s.

“My professor told us to sum up our life using 6 words.here is how I summed up mine: my story is not in English.– I will not translate it. You’re in my country now.”

Melvin Keihn reunited with his mom in his native Liberia for the first time in 14 years.

Melvin Keihn will tell his mom, Satta, he loves her and has missed her.

Almost a year after deploying to Liberia to help fight Ebola, soldiers with the 1st Area Medical Laboratory are still combing over the experience, looking to share tips that might help the Army better respond to major disease outbreaks in future.

A research partnership between U.S. and Liberian health officials has launched a study to learn more about the long-term health consequences of Ebola, including why it commonly causes vision damage and eye inflammation.

Our view: By failing to acknowledge a barbaric ritual associated with an African art exhibit, the Baltimore Museum of Art fails visitors

An American health worker being treated for Ebola at the National Institutes of Health's Clinical Center in Bethesda has been upgraded from fair to good condition, the NIH said Tuesday.

A U.S. military medical unit from Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland is packing up four mobile Ebola testing laboratories in Liberia after a nearly four-month deployment.

When the Army scientists from Aberdeen Proving Ground arrived in Liberia six weeks ago, their commander said, it was not uncommon for rural Ebola patients to wait several days for blood test results.

As the U.S. government has stepped up its efforts against the deadly spread of Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea in West Africa in recent months, federal and military personnel in and around Maryland have joined the fight

While Liberia and other West African countries are seven months into the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak in history, several Carroll County-based organizations are on the front lines of the battle to control the outbreak.

A team of scientists from Aberdeen Proving Ground's 1st Area Medical Laboratory is deploying to Liberia for a year to test samples for Ebola.

Federal officials announced Wednesday that they plan to screen international passengers for Ebola at five major U.S. airports, while hospitals around the country continue to isolate patients showing Ebola-like symptoms.