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Nurse who caught Ebola says more training needed 11/06/2014 05:24pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- A nurse who was infected with Ebola after treating a sick patient said she didn't have enough training beforehand on how to protect herself."The first time that I put on the protective equipment, I was heading in to take care of the patient," Amber Vinson told NBC's "Today" show in a Amid Ebola disaster, WHO picks new Africa chief 11/05/2014 08:54pm • VIRGILE AHISSOU Associated Press COTONOU, Benin (AP) -- With nearly 5,000 dead of Ebola in West Africa, the World Health Organization elected a new director Wednesday of its Africa office, which has been accused of bungling the response to the outbreak in its early stages.The new chief, Matshidiso M Obama seeks $6.2 billion for Ebola fight 11/05/2014 07:48pm • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday asked Congress for $6.2 billion in emergency funds to confront Ebola at its source in West Africa and to secure the United States against any possible spread.Of the total, $2 billion would be apportioned to the Unit Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 11/05/2014 07:40pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___Nov. 4The Daily Star, Hammond, Louisiana, on space travel:Americans are spoiled when it comes to space travel. We beat the Soviet Union (now Russia) to the moon. We've sent unmanned crafts to Mars. US officials unveil plan to test Ebola drugs 11/05/2014 06:20pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The quest for an Ebola treatment is picking up speed. Federal officials have unveiled a plan to test multiple drugs at once, in an umbrella study with a single comparison group to give fast answers on what works."This is novel for us" an Ebola hits health care access for other diseases 11/05/2014 05:18pm • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- The Ebola outbreak has spawned a "silent killer," experts say: hidden cases of malaria, pneumonia, typhoid and the like that are going untreated because people in the countries hardest hit by the dreaded virus either cannot find an open After botching Ebola, WHO to pick new Africa boss 11/05/2014 11:16am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- After acknowledging that it bungled the response to the biggest Ebola outbreak in history, the World Health Organization is electing a new regional director for its Africa office this week. Critics say it's about time.WHO Africa is widely acknowledged to Va. Tech bans travel to 3 countries due to Ebola 11/05/2014 08:40am • BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Tech has banned travel for university business to three West African countries because of the Ebola virus.President Timothy Sands announced the ban on travel to Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia late Monday in a letter posted on Tech's emergency management website. Th Obama gets Ebola update from virus response team 11/04/2014 08:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama received an update from his Ebola response team as West Africa continued to struggle against the deadly outbreak that has killed nearly 5,000 people.Obama met Tuesday at the White House with Cabinet and other officials involved in the administration's respon Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 11/04/2014 05:40pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___Oct. 24The Daily News, Bowling Green, Kentucky, on U.S. benefiting for Nazis being an outrage:Those who have committed war crimes or who are suspected of committing them must answer for them.War cr Scientists try to predict number of US Ebola cases 11/04/2014 12:12pm • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Top medical experts studying the spread of Ebola say the public should expect more cases to emerge in the United States by year's end as infected people arrive here from West Africa, including American doctors and nurses returning from the h Review: Denis Johnson explores dark side in Africa 11/04/2014 10:58am • ANDREW O. SELSKY Associated Press "The Laughing Monsters" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux), by Denis JohnsonDenis Johnson, winner of the National Book Award for his Vietnam-era opus "Tree of Smoke," has jumped genres again in "The Laughing Monsters," a new thriller set in Africa.Johnson has done chameleon- 10 Things to Know for Tuesday 11/04/2014 12:20am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:1. HOW MUCH ATTACK ADS COST IN US ELECTIONMore than $4 billion will have been spent to contest this year's midterms, which will set the stage for the final two years of Pre 10 Things to Know for Tuesday 11/03/2014 10:22pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:1. HOW MUCH ATTACK ADS COST IN US ELECTIONMore than $4 billion will have been spent to contest this year's midterms, which will set the stage for the final two years of Pre Ebola kills Sierra Leone doctor, UN doubles staff 11/03/2014 05:56pm • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- A doctor in Sierra Leone has died of Ebola, the fifth local doctor to die of the disease there, authorities said Monday, as UNICEF announced it was doubling its staff in the three West African nations hard hit by the deadly virus.