ATLANTA (AP) — Friends and family of two American missionaries stricken with Ebola say their conditions seem to be improving slightly.

Nancy Writebol is expected to leave West Africa Tuesday for Emory University Hospital's infectious disease unit in Atlanta.

That's where her colleague, Dr. Kent Brantly, has been treated since Saturday.

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