Barbara Bush helps a nun to fit on a hearing device during a 2012 event in Gulu, Uganda. She says was interested in architecture as a college student but became a global health activist after visiting East Africa with her parents. Reuters/Landov hide caption
Opponents and supporters of a law that restricts abortion in Texas rallied outside the Texas Capitol in Austin as the bill was debated in July 2013. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
Body collectors come to the home of four children in Monrovia who lost both parents to Ebola. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Peter Piot was one of the co-discoverers of the Ebola virus in 1976. "I never thought we would see such a devastating and vast epidemic," he says. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
He's working; really, he is. iStockphoto hide caption
A Public Health Agency of Canada worker seen inside the National Microbiology Laboratory's Level 4 lab in Winnipeg. Public Health Agency of Canada/Nature hide caption
New Yorkers can take city-run classes to learn how to make their homes and businesses less attractive to these guys. Ludovic Bertron/Flickr hide caption
About 84 percent of food products that contain trans fats still carry a "zero gram" label, which may mislead consumers, researchers say. Tony Dejak/AP hide caption
Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the CDC, talks with staff from Doctors Without Borders during a visit to the nonprofit group's newest Ebola treatment center in Monrovia, Liberia. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
The Hilltop Women's Reproductive Clinic in El Paso, Texas, is expected to close if a state law is upheld by a federal judge. Juan Carlos Llorca/AP hide caption
If you can't smell this, you could be in big trouble. Henrik Sorensen/Getty Images hide caption
A team of body collectors carry the corpse of a woman suspected of dying of Ebola in Monrovia, Liberia's capital. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption
Scanning electron micrograph shows Ebola virus (red) on the surface of a kidney cell from an African green monkey. NIAID hide caption
A technician tests samples from Ebola-infected patients at a field lab, run by Doctors Without Borders, in Kailahun, Sierra Leone. Tommy Trenchard for NPR hide caption