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Contractor gets 7 years in military secrets case 09/17/2014 08:10pm • AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) -- A former civilian defense contractor working at the U.S. military's Pacific headquarters was sentenced to seven years and three months in prison on Wednesday for divulging military secrets to his Chinese girlfriend and keeping classified documents at h Experts want restrictions on testosterone drug use 09/17/2014 06:48pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal health experts said Wednesday there is little evidence that testosterone-boosting drugs are effective for treating common signs of aging in men and that their use should be narrowed to exclude millions of Americans currently taking them.The Drugstores, retailers dive deeper into vaccines 09/17/2014 06:34pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Walgreen provided enough flu shots last season to protect a population roughly twice the size of Los Angeles.CVS doled out more than 5 million, or double its total from a few years ago. And Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, offers flu shots at more than 4,200 of i Tracing the rise of Ebola in West Africa 09/17/2014 05:50pm • Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Since the Ebola outbreak first emerged in West Africa, The Associated Press has been reporting on it. A timeline compiled from AP dispatches since March shows the dreaded disease being identified in a remote part of Guinea and then spreading to another country Scots' inventions are fuel for independence debate 09/17/2014 05:48pm • JILL LAWLESS Associated Press EDINBURGH, Scotland (AP) -- What has Scotland ever done for us? Plenty, it turns out.The land that gave the world haggis and tartan has produced so much more, from golf and television to Dolly the Sheep and "Grand Theft Auto."If Scotland splits from Britain after a refe Ex-VA doctor: Phoenix report a 'whitewash' 09/17/2014 05:38pm • MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A doctor who first exposed serious problems at the troubled Phoenix Veterans Affairs hospital said Wednesday that a report on patient deaths there is a "whitewash" that minimizes life-threatening conduct by senior leaders at the hospital.Dr. Samuel Fo After student death, Georgetown looks to quell fears 09/17/2014 04:53pm • WASHINGTON -- Georgetown University officials are taking steps to educate the school community on the warning signs of meningitis, just one day after a student apparently died from the disease. Andrea Jaime, a 19-year-old sophomore, died Tuesday at the MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. B Anthem, hospitals join to offer new insurance plan 09/17/2014 03:20pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Insurer Anthem Blue Cross is joining with several prominent Southern California hospitals to offer a new type of health coverage plan it promises will provide high-quality medical care at affordable prices.The venture, to be called Vivity, brings together one of the nation's larg New Mencken book features unpublished material 09/17/2014 02:30pm • HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Nearly 60 years after his death, we still have not heard the last from H.L. Mencken.Next week, the Library of America will publish "The Days Trilogy," a bound and expanded edition of three popular memoirs by the celebrated journalist and linguist tha Belgium grants jailed rapist, murderer euthanasia 09/17/2014 12:42pm • JUERGEN BAETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- A Belgian man convicted of murder and rape is being put to death. Yet the country doesn't have the death penalty. Confused? Authorities have granted a request for assisted suicide by the man, who says he's a menace to society and can't live knowing tha US works to step up Ebola aid, but is it enough? 09/17/2014 08:58am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The American strategy on Ebola is two-pronged: Step up desperately needed aid to West Africa and, in an unusual step, train U.S. doctors and nurses for volunteer duty in the outbreak zone. At home, the goal is to speed up medical research and put UN: Nearly $1 billion needed now to stop Ebola 09/17/2014 07:16am • JOHN HEILPRIN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) -- The number of Ebola cases could start doubling every three weeks in West Africa, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, warning that the outbreak will cost nearly $1 billion to contain so it does not turn into a "human catastrophe."Even as President Doctors: Foul floodwaters sicken people in Kashmir 09/17/2014 05:30am • AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) -- Doctors in the flood-ravaged Himalayan region of Kashmir said Wednesday that they were seeing outbreaks of gastroenteritis among people crowded into shelters after their homes were inundated two weeks ago.Patients were also dying due to a lack o Doctors to provide update on Toronto mayor 09/17/2014 04:00am • ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) -- A doctor will provide a medical update on controversial Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's tumor on Wednesday, Ford's brother said.The mayor has been hospitalized since last Wednesday with a tumor in his abdomen. Biopsy results were expected to take a week.Ford wit Obama's Ebola response: Is it enough and in time? 09/17/2014 03:16am • LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that the Ebola epidemic in West Africa could threaten security around the world, and he ordered 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the region in emergency aid muscle for a crisis spiraling out of control.The q