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UN Security Council to meet on Ebola 09/15/2014 04:30pm • EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United States called an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Thursday on the Ebola crisis in West Africa, saying the situation on the ground is "dire" and getting worse every day.U.S. U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power said the Unite Newborn dies after mother killed by stray bullet 09/15/2014 04:08pm • SEAN CARLIN Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A baby born to a woman after she was fatally wounded by a stray bullet died early Monday.Megan Doto, who was eight months pregnant, was struck in the face Sunday morning by one of more than 10 bullets fired at a car a block away, police Capt. James C Police believe missing Clarksburg children are dead 09/15/2014 01:42pm • WASHINGTON - Police say they believe two young children who've been missing in suburban Maryland for more than a week are dead, and they're pursuing a homicide case against their mother. Montgomery County police will continue to search parks and wooded areas in Clarksburg and Darnestown for 3-year- Kostner summoned in Schwazer doping case 09/15/2014 10:40am • ROME (AP) -- Former figure skating world champion Carolina Kostner will appear before Italian Olympic Committee officials investigating whether she was complicit in doping by her former boyfriend and Olympic race walking champion Alex Schwazer.In a brief statement on Monday, CONI says it has summone What to consider before buying the new iPhone 6 09/15/2014 09:39am • Data Doctors Md. students get 45-day extension for required shots 09/15/2014 09:19am • WASHINGTON -- The clock is being reset for some students who haven't received immunizations required for school. Maryland's top doctor is giving school systems in the state an extra 45 days to get students and their parents to comply, based on a few conditions set by the Maryland Department of British boy gets first proton treatment in Prague 09/15/2014 09:12am • KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) -- British boy Ashya King underwent his first proton beam therapy session for a life-threatening brain tumor in Prague on Monday, a week after the 5-year-old boy was flown here from Spain.Ashya's case caused an international uproar after his parents removed Md. family gets $1.7M in negligence lawsuit 09/15/2014 08:00am • BALTIMORE (AP) -- The family of a Maryland girl whose arm was partially paralyzed during child birth has been awarded $1.7 million.Doctors induced labor on Uriah Evans in December 2011 at the University of Maryland Medical Center.During delivery, a lawsuit filed by Evans says her baby's left sho 4th doctor dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone 09/15/2014 03:20am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Sierra Leone has lost a fourth doctor to Ebola after a failed effort to transfer her abroad for medical treatment, a government official said Sunday, a huge setback to the impoverished country that is battling the virulent disease Obama to visit Atlanta health center to talk Ebola 09/15/2014 03:00am • JOSH LEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama will travel next week to Atlanta to address the Ebola crisis during a visit to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the White House said Friday.During his visit on Tuesday, Obama will be briefed about the outbreak an Flu season starting soon 09/15/2014 01:21am • WASHINGTON -- A number of parents are concerned about the serious respiratory illnesses, including the enterovirus D68 found in the Midwest. But doctors are saying parents should be just as nervous about the flu. "The flu is a much more common threat this time of year," says pediatrician Dr. Jo Seeking help after years of 9/11 survivor guilt 09/15/2014 12:42am • MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The roar of a plane above Lower Manhattan. The rise of a pristine tower where ruins once smoldered. News of terrorist attacks in far-off lands.For New Yorkers in or near the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, the sights and sounds of everyday lif Cuba sending dozens of doctors to fight Ebola 09/15/2014 12:14am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- Cuba's health ministry said Friday it is sending more than 160 health workers to help stop the raging Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, providing a much-needed injection of medical expertise in a country where health workers are in short supply.World Health Ebola patient in Omaha eating ice cream 09/15/2014 12:00am • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Officials at the Nebraska Medical Center where an American aid worker infected with Ebola is being treated say the patient is getting his appetite back.Dr. Rick Sacra was flown to the Omaha, Nebraska, hospital on Sept. 5 for treatment in the hospital's specialized 10-bed isolatio How to survive ragweed allergy season 09/15/2014 12:00am • It's ragweed season.And for people with this pollen allergy, that means miserable symptoms such as sneezing, a runny or stuffy nose, trouble sleeping, asthma attacks, and itchy skin, eyes, nose or throat. The season usually kicks into high gear in mid- August, says Martha White, director of resea