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Ebola Crosses Into Kenya as Congo’s Outbreak Passes 4,200 Deaths; Washington Says It Is the Largest Donor but the U.N. Appeal Is Half Funded

Kenya confirmed its first case, a man who traveled from Congo and died in Nairobi, as the CDC counted 8,750 confirmed cases and 4,208 deaths in the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. Washington has pledged $267 million more and calls itself the largest donor, but the U.N.’s appeal is barely half funded.

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Health workers prepare to enter an Ebola treatment unit on Aug. 27, 2014, during the West Africa outbreak. (File photo)CDC Global / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)

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