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Congressmen to Obama: Define troops' Ebola mission 'We in Congress have a responsibility to their families' Published: 18 hours ago Garth Kant About | Email | Archive Garth Kant is WND Washington news editor. Previously, he spent five years writing, copy-editing and producing at "CNN Headline News," three years writing, copy-editing and training writers at MSNBC, and also served several local TV newsrooms as producer, executive producer and assistant news director. He is the author of the McGraw-Hill textbook, "How to Write Television News." Sierra Leone troops prepare to remove the bodies of suspected Ebola victims. WASHINGTON – The White House has issued what it calls a “fact sheet” on its plan to send up to 4,000 U.S. troops to the Ebola hot zone in West Africa, but some lawmakers feel that falls short of a detailed plan and a strategy. Rep. Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., a key member of the House Armed Services committee, has seen that fact she...

35 of the Most Dangerous Viruses and Bacteria's in the World Today The Black Plague, Marburg, Ebola, Influenza, Enterovirus virus may all sound terrifying, but it's not the most dangerous virus in the world. It isn't HIV either. Here is a list of the most dangerous viruses and Bacteria’s on the Planet Earth. 1. Marburg Virus The most dangerous virus is the Marburg virus. It is named after a small and idyllic town on the river Lahn - but that has nothing to do with the disease itself. The Marburg virus is a hemorrhagic fever virus. As with Ebola, the Marburg virus causes convulsions and bleeding of mucous membranes, skin and organs. It has a fatality rate of 90 percent.  The Marburg virus causes a rare, but severe hemorrhagic fever that has a fatality rate of 88%. It was first identified in 1967 when outbreaks of hemorrhagic fever cropped up simultaneously in Marburg, where the disease got its name, Frankfurt in Germany and Belgrade, Serbia. Marburg and Ebola came ...