President Barack Obama will travel next week to Atlanta to address the Ebola crisis during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest says Obama will be in Atlanta on Tuesday. He'll be briefed about the outbreak and discuss the U.S. response with officials. Earnest says Obama will also thank the doctors, scientists and health care workers responding to the crisis.

Obama will also be briefed about cases of respiratory illness being reported in the Midwest.

Three Americans have been or are being treated for Ebola in Atlanta after evacuation from Africa. The outbreak is the worst in history and has been blamed for more than 2,200 deaths in West Africa.

The U.S. has spent more than $100 million responding to the outbreak.

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