Work on Ebola Treatments Speeds Up to Address Outbreak

Liberian policemen dressed in riot gear disperse a crowd of people that blocked a main road after the body of someone suspected of dying from the Ebola virus was left in the street by health workers, Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 14, 2014.

A poster displaying a government message against Ebola is displayed prominently at a maternity hospital, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Aug. 14, 2014.

A sign is placed on a greenhouse with tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) at the company Icon Genetic in Halle, Germany, Aug. 14, 2014.

Victor Klimyuk, COO of the company Icon Genetics inspects tobacco plants (Nicotiana benthamiana) in a laboratory in Halle, Germany, Aug. 14, 2014.

Liberia women walk together after praying for help with the Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia. Aug. 14, 2014.

People wash their hands with disinfectant as a preventative measure against the Ebola virus, in Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 14, 2014.