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Son says NC-based missionary fighting Ebola 07/30/2014 07:00pm • The Associated Press The son of a North Carolina-based missionary says his mother is fighting the Ebola virus while in isolation in Liberia.Jeremy Writebol in Wichita, Kansas, told NBC's "Today" show Wednesday that he's been able to talk with Nancy Writebol as she fights the illness.He says his mot Africa summit to proceed despite Ebola outbreak 07/30/2014 05:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House says there are no plans to change or cancel an upcoming summit of African leaders in the U.S. despite an Ebola outbreak in Liberia.More than 40 African leaders are set to meet with President Barack Obama in Washington next week.White House spokesman Eric Schultz sa Virus drugmaker fights pediatricians' new advice 07/30/2014 04:48pm • LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) -- A costly drug given mostly to premature babies is at the center of a clash between the manufacturer and the nation's leading pediatrician's group, which recommends scaling back use of the medicine.The dispute involves new guidelines from the American Peace Corps workers pulled after Ebola exposure 07/30/2014 03:31pm • WASHINGTON -- The Peace Corps announced Wednesday it is pulling workers out of three African nations due to increasing spread of the Ebola virus. The 340 workers in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea will temporarily be removed, the Peace Corps said in a statement released Wednesday. They will de Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 07/30/2014 03:00pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___July 28News and Observer, Raleigh, North Carolina, on Ebola:To be a missionary or a health care worker who tends to the poor has always required an admirable level of compassion, but now in West Af Officials: Little risk of Ebola outbreak in US 07/30/2014 03:22am • NEW YORK (AP) -- U.S. health officials are monitoring the Ebola outbreak in Africa but say the risk of the deadly germ spreading to the United States is remote.The Centers for Disease Control on Monday sent a health alert to U.S. doctors about the outbreak. There are no travel restrictions to the We Orioles beat Angels 7-6 in 12 innings 07/30/2014 12:27am • DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) -- The Baltimore Orioles have a knack for winning in extra innings, and it has nothing to do with luck.Manny Machado homered leading off the 12th inning, and the Orioles survived a rocky outing from starter Chris Tillman in a 7-6 victory over the Los An Romo skips full-pad session for 1st time at camp 07/29/2014 10:22pm • SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer OXNARD, Calif. (AP) -- The Dallas Cowboys are taking it easy with Tony Romo's back.Romo sat out a competitive practice for the first time at training camp Tuesday, although coach Jason Garrett said it wasn't because of any setbacks from surgery for a herniated disk in New fears about Ebola spread after plane scare 07/29/2014 08:04pm • KRISTA LARSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- No one knows for sure just how many people Patrick Sawyer came into contact with the day he boarded a flight in Liberia, had a stopover in Ghana, changed planes in Togo, and then arrived in Nigeria, where authorities say he died days later from E Doctor who contracted Ebola in grave condition 07/29/2014 04:22pm • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Kent Brantly always wanted to be a medical missionary, and he took the work seriously, spending months treating a steady stream of patients with Ebola in Liberia.Now Brantly is himself a patient, fighting for his own survival in an isolation u Nigeria death shows Ebola can spread by air travel 07/29/2014 08:30am • HEATHER MURDOCK Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigerian health authorities raced to stop the spread of Ebola on Saturday after a man sick with one of the world's deadliest diseases brought it by plane to Lagos, Africa's largest city with 21 million people.The fact that the traveler from Lib Sea star disease strikes Washington marine centers 07/28/2014 03:10pm • PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) -- The disease wreaking havoc on wild sea star populations on the West Coast has struck captive collections on Washington's Olympic Peninsula.The Peninsula Daily News reports (http://bit.ly/1zmgUJP ) Monday that sea stars at Port Townsend's Marine Life Center and Feiro Marin Liberia president orders new anti-Ebola measures 07/28/2014 01:10pm • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Liberia's president has closed all but three land border crossings, restricted public gatherings and quarantined communities heavily affected by the Ebola outbreak in the West African nation.President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf described the Ebola kills Liberian doctor, 2 Americans infected 07/28/2014 05:50am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- One of Liberia's most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, officials said Sunday, and an American physician was being treated for the deadly virus, highlighting the risks facing health workers trying to combat an outbreak that has ki Aid Group: 2nd American has Ebola in Liberia 07/28/2014 04:58am • BOONE, N.C. (AP) -- A second American aid worker has tested positive for the Ebola virus at the same hospital in Liberia where an American doctor became infected while helping to combat an outbreak of the deadly disease, a relief group official said Sunday.Ken Isaacs, a vice president of Samaritan's