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After reaching a new high for 2014 the week before, Gallup's Economic Confidence Index slipped back to -12 in the U.S., but remains higher than it has been for most of 2014.

One in 20 Americans now cite Ebola (5%) as one of the most important problems facing the country, placing it among the top 10 concerns, but not the highest. The economy (17%) and dissatisfaction with government (16%) still lead.

A Huffington Post headline on Monday about the Ebola virus, taking up the entire screen in Huffington Post's typically large, bold font, read: "The Most Severe Health Emergency Seen in Modern Times." Meanwhile, the Voice of America headlined a ...

Read about U.S. voter engagement prior to the midterm elections, investors' views on the current investment climate, fears of an Ebola outbreak in the U.S., and more in this week's review.

Twenty-two percent of Americans say they worry about getting the Ebola virus, matching or exceeding the number of U.S. adults who worried about contracting the H1N1 virus throughout its 2009 outbreak.

More than one in three sub-Saharan Africans (35%) who aren't already business owners said in 2013 that they planned to start their own business -- the highest figure of all the world's regions.

Read about Americans' trust in the three branches of government, possible reasons why Asians and Hispanics lack personal doctors, satisfaction with healthcare in Ebola-affected countries, and more in this week's review.

People in West African countries affected by Ebola rated their healthcare among the world's worst before the outbreak. More than seven in 10 in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia were dissatisfied with the availability of quality care.

In the U.S., Gallup's Economic Confidence Index remained stable at -16 after reading -17 the week prior. Americans were slightly more optimistic about current economic conditions than they were the previous week.