article_snippet: Ebola has devastated parts of West Africa, with Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia being the hardest hit nations.
article_snippet: The vast majority of the more than 24,000 confirmed, reportable and suspected cases, as well as the nearly 10,000 reported deaths, have been in Guinea and Liberia, the World Health Organization reports.
highlights_snippet: There have been some 24,000 reported cases and 10,000 deaths in Ebola .