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Redskins' RG3 practices, will reclaim starting job 10/16/2014 03:08pm • JOSEPH WHITE AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) -- Robert Griffin III returned to practice Wednesday for the Washington Redskins, and coach Jay Gruden confirmed that the third-year quarterback will regain the starter's job this season.Griffin threw passes in individual and one-on-one drills in his f

Ebola crisis puts pressure on human rights 10/16/2014 01:00pm • CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Some doctors in countries hit hardest by the deadly Ebola disease decline to operate on pregnant women for fear the virus could spread. Governments face calls from frightened citizens to bar travel to and from afflicted nations. Meanwhile, th

Nurses in safety gear got Ebola, why wouldn't you? 10/16/2014 12:24pm • How do you think U.S. officials have handled the Ebola situation? Post a comment in this story, comment on WTOP's Facebook Page or use #WTOP on Twitter. Anyone who traveled on Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, Oct. 13 is urged to call 1-800-CDC-INF

Ebola patient moving to Md. 10/16/2014 11:37am • Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions from the community. Register for tickets. WASHINGTON - One of the two nurses who contracted Ebola in Dallas will be moved to Maryland. Dallas County, Texas Jud

Dallas nurses cite sloppy conditions in Ebola care 10/16/2014 10:58am • Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions from the community. Register for tickets. MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- A Liberian Ebola patient was left in an open area of a Dallas emergency ro

Confide: Like 'Snapchat' for the business world 10/16/2014 08:50am • Data Doctors

MedStar hospitals received more than $1M from drug cos. in 2013 10/16/2014 06:00am • Last November, MedStar Health's Washington Hospital Center received $300,000 from pharmaceuticals giant Abbott Laboratories in the form of education grants. A month later, it received grants from both Boston Scientific and MedTronic worth $225,000 and $215,000, respectively. That money was among mor

Nurse with Ebola arrives in Atlanta for treatment 10/16/2014 04:58am • ATLANTA (AP) -- A second Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola was transferred Wednesday from Texas to a specialized hospital isolation unit in Atlanta that has already treated three Americans with the virus.Helicopter footage from local television stations showed 29-year-old Amber Joy Vinson leaving a

Wounded AP reporter vows to return to Afghanistan 10/16/2014 02:52am • DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Over and over, Kathy Gannon has re-lived the decisions that led to her close friend's death -- and almost her own -- in Afghanistan.Gannon, a veteran Associated Press correspondent, and Anja Niedringhaus, an award-winning AP photographer from Germany,

Long neglected, disabled make gains in Caribbean 10/16/2014 02:34am • DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Claudia Gordon abruptly went deaf as a child in rural Jamaica, and lost much more than her hearing as a result.She was pulled out of school and kept at home to perform chores. Neighbors shunned, and sometimes mocked her. Some of the people wh

Australia readies for possible Ebola outbreak 10/16/2014 12:39am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia's prime minister is resisting pressure to send doctors and nurses to West Africa to fight the Ebola crisis, saying his government is focused on preparing for a potential outbreak of the deadly disease in the Asia-Pacific region.A petition by 113 Australian healt

USAID says Ebola nations following right approach 10/16/2014 12:20am • BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- A U.S. official touring the West African countries worst hit by the deadly Ebola virus expressed optimism Wednesday that the right strategies to fight the disease are in place, even as warnings mount over the deteriorating situation.The World

5 Expert Tips for Negotiating Your Medical Bills 10/16/2014 12:00am • There's a medical debt problem in America, and hardly anyone is talking about it. Chances are it affects someone you know: About 1 in 5 American adults will be contacted by bill collectors about medical debt this year. Medical debt accounts for more than $1 in every $3 owed in collection accounts,

Your Steps Toward Total Hip Replacement 10/16/2014 12:00am • Ouida Dickey, 86, likes to stay active. "I don't sit home in the rocking chair," says Dickey, a retired college professor and former academic dean at Berry College in Rome, Georgia. But after retirement, "great pain" in her hips from osteoporosis was making it hard to walk and putting a damper on l