by Elise Viebeck

The second Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola appears to have beaten the virus while receiving care at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.

The nurse, Amber Vinson, is "regaining strength" and health officials are "no longer able to detect virus in her body," her mother said in a statement.

by Elizabeth Cohen for CNN

It can be exhausting nursing a child through a nasty bout with the flu, so imagine how 22-year-old Fatu Kekula felt nursing her entire family through Ebola.

by Dr. Danielle N. Lee for The Grio

The first of two individuals who have contracted the deadly Ebola virus arrived in the US on Saturday. A second patient is scheduled to arrive Tuesday.

People are concerned for their safety, and I completely understand how you feel.

In July 2012, I was two and half weeks into my three month research trip to Tanzania when outbreaks of Ebola were reported in neighboring Uganda.