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Detrick lab to study Ebola treatment 08/14/2014 10:15am • FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Researchers at the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) at Fort Detrick are planning a study on an experimental drug that was given to two American aid workers to treat the Ebola virus.USAMRIID spokeswoman Caree Vander Linden said a study this fall Doctors: Ebola drug poses 'impossible dilemma' 08/14/2014 02:32am • SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Doctors treating a Sierra Leone physician with Ebola defended their decision not to give him an experimental drug, saying Wednesday they feared it was too risky.Calling it "an impossible dilemma," Doctors Without Borders explained in detail las Husband, wife turned to God when she got Ebola 08/13/2014 07:20pm • MITCH WEISS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- When a doctor told missionary David Writebol that his wife, Nancy, had contracted the Ebola virus while they were serving in Liberia, he says they turned to God for help.He's being quarantined at the charity, SIM USA's, campus outside Charlotte. H Drugmaker not ready to use Ebola drug in Africa 08/13/2014 07:20pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Canadian drugmaker working on an experimental drug for Ebola said Wednesday that it is not ready to make the treatment available in Africa, despite assurances by international health officials that it is ethical to use untested treatments to figh ISIL establishes billion-dollar enterprise 08/13/2014 07:00pm • WASHINGTON -- Until this week, Kurdish forces were outgunned by the Islamic State fighters, variously referred to as ISIS and ISIL, they're battling near Erbil. Dr. Fuad Hussein, chief of staff to Kurdish Regional Government President Masood Barzani, told WTOP, "What we have is not comparable w Stocks rise...Big Cisco layoffs... Drugmaker not yet ready to make Ebola treatment available in Africa 08/13/2014 07:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are closing higher today, despite a mixed batch of economic news and a pullback in Japan's economy. The S&P 500 rose 13 points to close at 1,946. The Dow industrials climbed 91 points to 16,651. The Nasdaq rose 45 points, to 4,434. Also, benchmark U.S. crude oil rose 22 cents Ebola fears infiltrate African sports 08/13/2014 04:00pm • GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- It started when the small Indian Ocean island of Seychelles refused entry to Sierra Leone's soccer squad, fearing that the deadly Ebola virus would arrive from West Africa along with the players.The decision by Seychelles health authoriti As African medics die of Ebola, debate rages over experimental drugs 08/13/2014 01:30pm • FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Ebola has claimed the life of another health worker in Africa -- a leading doctor in the fight against the disease in Sierra Leone.The death comes amid word that another top doctor had been considered for an experimental treatment. Ultimately, doctors decided against u UN: OK to use untested Ebola drugs in outbreak 08/13/2014 09:02am • CIARAN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- The World Health Organization declared it's ethical to use untested drugs and vaccines in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in West Africa, although the tiny supply of one experimental treatment has been depleted and it could be many months until more is availab Ebola means Guinea, Sierra Leone games moved 08/13/2014 07:06am • CAIRO (AP) -- African Cup qualifiers scheduled to be played in Ebola-affected Guinea and Sierra Leone will be moved to other countries, the Confederation of African Football said on Wednesday.CAF said in a statement that the Sept. 5 Guinea vs. Togo match and the Sept. 10 Sierra Leone vs. Congo game Son of woman with Ebola says she is getting better 08/12/2014 11:15pm • The Associated Press The son of a North Carolina-based missionary says his mother is doing well as she's being treated for the Ebola virus in an Atlanta hospital.Jeremy Writebol told NBC's "Today" show in an interview broadcast Tuesday that Nancy Writebol's eyes are getting brighter and she's even Ebola: Guinea, Sierra Leone qualifiers to be moved 08/12/2014 03:59pm • BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- Guinea said Tuesday that it had been told by Africa's top football body to move an important qualifier against Togo next month to another country because of the Ebola outbreak.Guinea's neighbor Sierra Leone, which is also affected by the deadl UN chief urges world to help in Ebola outbreak 08/12/2014 02:40pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is pressing the international community to urgently respond to a shortage of doctors, nurses and equipment to stem the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.Ban said at a news conference Tuesday that a coordinated global response is essential.Ban ann HIV infections rise, thwart Brazil's AIDS efforts 08/12/2014 02:10pm • ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) -- The devastating news didn't make sense to Brazilian Pierre Freitaz. How was it possible that, at age 17, he was infected with HIV if his only boyfriend seemed fit and healthy?Freitaz confesses he knew little about the virus when he was diagnosed Pfizer, 23andMe team up to study bowel disease 08/12/2014 12:30pm • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pfizer Inc. is teaming up with DNA testing company 23andMe to study the possible genetic underpinnings of inflammatory bowel disease, a hard-to-treat ailment that affects an estimated 1.4 million Americans.Under the agreement, Silicon Valley-based