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Texas nurse was familiar with risks of Ebola virus 10/15/2014 10:10am • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas nurse who caught Ebola from an infected patient was no stranger to the risks of working around one of the world's most feared viruses.In nursing school, Nina Pham had studied microbiology and infection prevention. A classmate said students discus New test to bump up diagnoses of illness in kids 10/15/2014 07:20am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- For more than two months, health officials have been struggling to understand the size of a national wave of severe respiratory illnesses caused by an unusual virus. This week, they expect the wave to start looking a whole lot bigger.But that's because CDC says it missed opportunities to contain Ebola 10/15/2014 04:12am • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- In the days after the first diagnosis of Ebola in the U.S., the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was resolute in his confidence about hospitals' ability to manage the virus."Essentially any hospital in the country can tak Dallas nurses cite sloppy conditions, dangerous practices in Ebola care 10/15/2014 02:50am • DALLAS (AP) -- The nation's largest nurses' union charges that nurses treating a Liberian Ebola patient at a Dallas hospital worked for days without proper protective gear and faced constantly changing protocols.A statement from National Nurses United also says Thomas Eric Duncan was left in an open CDC acknowledges it could have done more on Ebola 10/15/2014 12:40am • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- The nation's top disease-fighting agency acknowledged Tuesday that federal health experts failed to do all they should have done to prevent Ebola from spreading from a Liberian man who died last week in Texas to the nurse who treated him.The s Ebola fears expected to impact China trade fair 10/15/2014 12:00am • BEIJING (AP) -- Organizers say concern about the spread of the Ebola virus is expected to impact attendance at China's largest international trade fair, which kicks off Wednesday.Spokesman for the Canton Fair Liu Jianjun was quoted in Chinese newspapers as saying he expects to see a fall in the numb Dog of Dallas nurse with Ebola moved to air base 10/14/2014 08:20pm • DALLAS (AP) -- Officials say the year-old King Charles Spaniel belonging to the Dallas nurse hospitalized with Ebola has been given comfortable bedding, toys and other items to entertain him while he stays at a decommissioned naval air base.City spokeswoman Sana Syed said Tuesday that Bentley is J&J hikes 2014 forecast for a third time 10/14/2014 05:54pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer Johnson & Johnson lifted its 2014 earnings forecast for a third time on Tuesday, fueled in part by revenue gains from its new blockbuster hepatitis C treatment Olysio.But shares of the world's biggest health care products maker slipped as investors worried about looming WHO: 10,000 new Ebola cases per week could be seen 10/14/2014 05:40pm • Texas health department statement says a second health care worker has tested positive for Ebola. MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- West Africa could face up to 10,000 new Ebola cases a week within two months, the World Health Organization warned Tuesday, adding that the death rate i Too soon? How about not at all for Ebola Halloween 10/14/2014 05:37pm • LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- No holiday screams pop culture controversy quite like Halloween.So what's the costume flap of the year? It might just be Ebola, as in Ebola zombies, bloody Ebola patients and faux protective gear. Twitter and other social media were abuzz leading int Council drills Montgomery Co. health chief over Ebola response 10/14/2014 04:53pm • ROCKVILLE, Md. - So far no confirmed cases of Ebola have been reported in Montgomery County but county officials are taking steps to make sure local medical providers are prepared, the county's chief health official said Tuesday. Dr. Ulder Tillman, the health officer for Montgomery County, told th CDC urges all US hospitals to 'think Ebola' 10/14/2014 03:48pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is telling the nation's hospitals to "think Ebola."Every hospital must know how to diagnose Ebola in people who have been in West Africa and be ready to isolate a suspected case, Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control a Obama reviews foreign, domestic response to Ebola 10/14/2014 09:54am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama urged his top national security and public health officials on Monday to incorporate lessons from the most recent Texas Ebola infection into the U.S.'s response plans to the deadly virus. He also called on the international comm About 70 hospital staffers cared for Ebola patient 10/14/2014 09:04am • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer DALLAS (AP) -- They drew his blood, put tubes down his throat and wiped up his diarrhea. They analyzed his urine and wiped saliva from his lips, even after he had lost consciousness.About 70 staff members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital were involved in the ca Hillary Clinton: Don't saddle students with debt 10/14/2014 09:02am • KIMBERLY PIERCEALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a Las Vegas crowd Monday night that more needs to be done to ensure young people can achieve their dreams and free students from onerous college debt "that can feel like an anchor tied to