Ebola

The health ministry has isolated the U.S. embassy staffer at his home, set up a security corridor around it and ordered a medical team to visit him twice a day. The man does not show symptoms of the disease and the measures are strictly preventive, Nicaraguan authorities said.

Could this be the moment for both countries to set aside their differences and join forces for the greater good?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. philanthropist Bill Gates on Sunday announced he will donate over $500 million to fight malaria and other infectious diseases in the developing world, saying the Ebola outbreak is a call to action.

Members of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) will meet in Havana, Cuba, for two days starting Wednesday to discuss coordinated prevention and emergency response efforts for potential cases of Ebola in the region.

Jorge Juan Guerra Rodríguez, 60, was working as an administrator with a team of Cuban medical personnel sent to west Africa this month to stem the spread of the virus.