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Health workers wearing protective equipment are pictured at the Island Clinic in Monrovia, Liberia on September 30, 2014, where patients are treated for Ebola.

Even in the US, a doctor who treats Ebola is treated like a ‘half hero, half pariah’

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Dr. Adam Levine just returned from Liberia, where he spent more than a month helping to treat Ebola patients. Now that he’s back and waiting to see if he’s officially clear of the disease, he’s feeling the same isolation many West Africans feel — and he says the panic in the US isn’t helping anti-Ebola efforts.

A billboard in Liberia's capital Monrovia offers advice on how to halt the spread of Ebola.

Why doubling down on aid to West Africa will do more to halt Ebola than increased airport screening

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A worker wearing a hazardous material suit arrives at the apartment unit where a man diagnosed with the Ebola virus was staying in Dallas, Texas, on October 3, 2014.

Liberian Americans react to Ebola — and hostility — with ramped-up aid efforts

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