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A lorry which picks hospital wastes arrives at Teresa Romero's house in Alcorcon, outside Madrid, on Wednesday. Teresa Romero Ramos is the Spanish nurse who is the first case of human-to-human Ebola contagion in Europe.

Hospital: Condition Of Spanish Nurse With Ebola Is Deteriorating

The hospital declined to elaborate on details of Teresa Romero Ramos, 44, who was admitted earlier this week after apparently contracting the disease from a patient she was treating.

The home of Marthalene Williams, the Ebola-stricken woman aided by Thomas Eric Duncan. A man on the porch, who appeared to be in the late stages of Ebola, informed our photographer that he'd been to a hospital but was told to return home and quarantine himself.

Fond Memories Of Ebola Victim Eric Duncan, Anger Over His Death

He likely contracted the virus when he carried an ailing pregnant woman into her home. Relatives and neighbors in Liberia miss his jovial spirit — and lash out at their government and the U.S.

White House Says U.S. Airports Will Institute New Ebola Screening Procedures

Passengers arriving from some countries in West Africa will have their temperatures taken upon arrival.

Spanish police block animal rights activists protesting outside the apartment building of the Spanish nurse who contracted Ebola in the city of Alcorcon, outside Madrid, on Wednesday.

Spanish Nurse Says She Reported Her Ebola Symptoms Several Times

A Spanish-language newspaper reports that Teresa Romero Ramos told authorities on three separate occasions that she had a fever before she was quarantined.

A health official uses a thermometer on a passenger at the international Airport in Lagos, Nigeria.

Why One Public Health Expert Thinks Airport Ebola Screening Won't Work

The U.S. will soon set up screening procedures, according to the CDC. But one expert questions the usefulness of screens. And history backs him up.

Kody Partridge, center right, and her partner Lauri Wood kiss at a same-sex marriage celebration Monday in Salt Lake City, Utah. The status of gay marriage remains uncertain in Kansas and Wyoming, where officials say no court has ruled on their ban specifically.

In Gay Marriage's New Landscape, Glee, Confusion And Resistance

Same-sex couples are getting married in Utah and other states, one day after the Supreme Court let stand rulings that overturned bans on gay marriage. But couples have been turned away in Kansas.

Medical personnel carry a Spanish nurse who is believed to have contracted the ebola virus into an ambulance before they leave Alcorcon Hospital in Madrid, Spain, on Tuesday.

Nurse In Spain Gets Ebola, Officials Say 'We Followed Protocol'

The nurse had been treating a 75-year-old priest who was infected in Liberia. Health officials say as far as they know, the nurse always wore a protective suit.

Hazardous material cleaners disinfectant their personal protective equipment after working in the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan, the Ebola patient who traveled from Liberia to Dallas, stayed last week.

U.S. Journalist With Ebola Being Flown To Nebraska Hospital

Ashoka Mukpo is set to arrive for treatment in the U.S. after contracting the disease in Liberia. Another Ebola patient in Dallas is said to be "fighting for his life."

A Red Cross worker delivers bedding to a unit at The Ivy Apartments in Dallas, where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus had been staying.

A Simple Question Can Stop Ebola: How Do You Feel?

Modern medicine offers no easy way to spot Ebola early. The key to preventing an outbreak is still old-fashioned detective work.

A private security guard patrols the apartment building in Dallas where Ebola patient Thomas Duncan stayed. The family that hosted him is quarantined.

Here's How An Ebola Quarantine Works In The U.S.

The family that hosted Ebola patient Thomas Duncan in Dallas is under quarantine. It's a time-honored public health tool to stop the spread of infectious disease. But it can be abused.

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