WASHINGTON: World leaders declared the Ebola outbreak the worst global health emergency in years on Wednesday amid stark warnings that the virus, which has killed nearly 4,500 people -- was spreading.

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called on the world to do more, while insisting his own country would be "much more aggressive" in its response, after a second Texas hospital worker tested positive.

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