RPT-WRAPUP 3-Obama names Ebola 'czar;' death toll rises in West Africa
October 17, 2014 at 17:19 PM EDT
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama appointed a former White House adviser as U.S. Ebola "czar" on Friday as the global death toll from the disease that has ravaged three West African countries rose to more than 4,500.