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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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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 Ebola case, imported from Congo, as the CDC counted 8,750 confirmed cases and 4,208 deaths. The U.S. pledged $267 million more in September; the U.N. appeal is about half funded.