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Why nation's top docs say Ebola won't spread in US 10/07/2014 04:06pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ebola has arrived in the United States and people are frightened.The nation's top infectious diseases expert says it's perfectly normal to feel anxious about a virus that kills so fast and is ravaging parts of West Africa."People who are scared, I say, Correction: Tuberculosis Exposure-Texas story 10/07/2014 04:00pm • EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- In a story Oct. 1 about a Texas hospital linked to a tuberculosis outbreak, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a sick nursing assistant continued to work after her private doctor diagnosed her with the active form of the disease. She stopped working after her Aug. New concern worldwide as nurse in Spain gets Ebola 10/07/2014 03:36pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Raising fresh concern around the world, a nurse in Spain on Monday became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa. In the U.S., President Barack Obama said the government was considering ordering more careful scre DC Council approves record sealing for pot crimes 10/07/2014 03:10pm • BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The D.C. Council has made further changes to marijuana laws in the nation's capital as residents weigh whether to legalize pot.On Tuesday, the council unanimously approved a bill that allows nonviolent marijuana offenders to have their criminal records Geoffrey Holder, director and actor, dies at 84 10/07/2014 10:12am • MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Geoffrey Holder, a Tony Award-winning director, actor, painter, dancer and choreographer who during an eclectic show business career led the groundbreaking show "The Wiz" to Broadway, pitched 7-Up on TV and played a scary villain in a James Bond film, ha Nadal to play in Shanghai despite appendicitis 10/07/2014 09:48am • JUSTIN BERGMAN Associated Press SHANGHAI (AP) -- Rafael Nadal is counting on antibiotics to control his appendicitis so he can get through the Shanghai Masters this week.The second-ranked Nadal began feeling pain in his abdomen late Saturday, and the next day went to the hospital where he learned he Locking down your desktop 10/07/2014 08:43am • Data Doctors Be Authentic, Thoughtful for Medical School Interview Success 10/07/2014 12:00am • If you feel very nervous before your first medical school interview, don't be surprised. This is perfectly normal. Here are five tips that will help you make it through your medical school interview with confidence. 1. Be respectful to everyone you meet: During your medical school interview, imag 5 physical therapy procedures you should question 10/07/2014 12:00am • Don't waste your time and health care dollars. Whether you're coming off a sports injury or rehabbing from joint surgery, your physical therapy goal is to return to full function as quickly as possible. So you're not interested in a PT procedure that doesn't work well and isn't proven effective 5 Questions to Ask Before Writing a Living Will 10/07/2014 12:00am • It's one of those tasks on many people's to-do lists. But it's way down at the bottom of the list: writing a living will. A living will is a legal document, also called an advance health care directive, which details how you'd like to be cared for if something terrible unexpectedly happens to you How to Survive Tonsillitis 10/07/2014 12:00am • The tonsils are a pair of soft tissue masses located on either side of the back of the throat. The tonsils help trap bacteria and viruses as they enter the body through the throat. Tonsillitis is an inflammation of the tonsils and occurs frequently in children, especially between 3 and 7 years of a Carolina's forward Skinner out with concussion 10/06/2014 07:10pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- Carolina Hurricanes forward Jeff Skinner has been diagnosed with a concussion.General manager Ron Francis disclosed the diagnosis Monday and said doctors will continue to monitor Skinner in the coming days.The 22-year-old Skinner was hurt during a 5-2 loss at Washington in the Losing Dad: A teen finds purpose in grief 10/06/2014 05:58pm • MARTHA IRVINE AP National Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- Genevieve Liu sits back in bed each night, still thinking of her father before she sleeps. He used to sing the same song to his children at bedtime, often before he'd head to surgery to save the life of someone else's child."I'm leaving on a jet plane Journalist with Ebola arrives at Nebraska hospital 10/06/2014 04:30pm • JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An American video journalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia arrived Monday at a Nebraska hospital where he will be treated for the deadly disease.Ashoka Mukpo, 33, will be kept in a specialized containment unit at the Nebraska Medical Cen Experimental drug provided to Dallas Ebola patient 10/06/2014 04:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A North Carolina drug maker is providing an experimental antiviral drug to a patient being treated for Ebola in Dallas.That word comes from officials at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital.The drug company, Chimerix Inc., said earlier that doctors it did not identify had received p