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Where's czar? Ebola raises management questions 10/30/2014 10:44am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's commander in the fight against Ebola was expected to operate below the public radar. But did that mean invisible?Ron Klain has barely been seen, and a week before midterm elections, Obama is pressing to dispel criticism that t AP IMPACT: US health care unprepared for Ebola 10/30/2014 07:16am • JEFF DONN Associated Press The U.S. health care apparatus is so unprepared and short on resources to deal with the deadly Ebola virus that even small clusters of cases could overwhelm parts of the system, according to an Associated Press review of readiness at hospitals and other components of the e Iran foils sabotage attempt on heavy water tanks 10/30/2014 07:00am • NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iranian authorities have foiled a sabotage attempt involving tanks used for the transportation of heavy water, a key component in nuclear reactors, an Iranian newspaper reported on Thursday.The independent Arman daily quoted Asghar Zarean, deputy h The HPV Vaccine's Power to Prevent Cancer 10/30/2014 12:00am • Anna Giuliano, a cancer researcher at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, poses a question: "Let's say we have a vaccine to prevent breast or prostate cancer. Do you think we would have any pushback?" And yet, Giuliano continues, we have a vaccine that prevents an infection that is the leadin Liberia ambassador: US aid key to stopping Ebola 10/29/2014 05:23pm • PETER JACKSON Associated Press ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Liberia needs help from U.S. troops, more ambulances and food to cope with the Ebola crisis, but the deadly disease can be brought under control by the end of the year, its ambassador to the United States said Wednesday.With enough support fr US sends health official to Cuban Ebola meeting 10/29/2014 05:18pm • ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) -- U.S. and Cuban health officials sat together in Havana on Wednesday to discuss Latin America's response to Ebola, the most concrete sign so far of the nations' desire to cooperate against the epidemic despite decades of tense relations.A mid-level off Jeb Bush: Obama handling of Ebola 'incompetent' 10/29/2014 03:30pm • ERIK SCHELZIG Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Tuesday criticized President Barack Obama's initial handling of the Ebola crisis as "incompetent," saying it gave rise to unneeded fears among the American public about the virus.Bush, who is the latest potential Ebola puts Ghana's bush meat traders out of work 10/29/2014 02:10pm • RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- Yaa Kyerewaa cuts a lonely figure beside a pile of animal parts: the jaws of a giant rodent, the hooves of wild pigs, snails. This bush meat was once considered a delicacy and fetched premium prices. But Ebola has frightened away customers and Ky Nurse who had Ebola will be released from hospital 10/29/2014 02:06pm • JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- A Dallas nurse who flew from Texas to Ohio and back before being diagnosed with Ebola will be released from an Atlanta hospital Tuesday after tests showed she's virus-free, a hospital spokeswoman said.Amber Vinson, 29, would be leaving Emory University Ho Patient Zero in Ebola outbreak was Guinean toddler 10/29/2014 01:10pm • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- In the Guinean village where the current West African Ebola outbreak began, 14 graves mark the spot where the lethal virus began to spiral out of control.International aid workers who recently visited Meliandou say nothing is normal anymore and that fa Former NATO chiefs urge alliance to fight Ebola 10/29/2014 12:39pm • JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Two former heads of NATO on Wednesday urged the Western defense alliance to join the fight against Ebola in West Africa.George Robertson of Britain and Jaap de Hoop Scheffer of the Netherlands, who both served as NATO secretary general, said the 2 Ebola nurse on defensive gets call from Obama 10/29/2014 12:34pm • RAY HENRY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- A nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being infected by her dying patient was released Tuesday from a hospital isolation unit, where doctors defended her as a courageous front-line caregiver.Another nurse, held for days in a medical te Religion news in brief 10/29/2014 12:27pm • The Associated Press Ebola nurse on defensive gets call from ObamaATLANTA (AP) -- A nurse who fueled Ebola fears by flying to Cleveland after being infected by her dying patient is thanking God and her caregivers for her recovery.Amber Vinson was released Tuesday from an isolation unit at Emory Uni Pope praises 'heroic' responders to Ebola 10/29/2014 08:10am • VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has praised the "heroic" response by doctors, nurses and volunteers helping contain the Ebola epidemic and has urged renewed international efforts to defeat the virus.Francis also asked for prayers for the victims during his Wednesday general audience, noting that E Maine prepared to enforce 'voluntary' quarantine 10/28/2014 10:02pm • ROBERT F. BUKATY Associated Press FORT KENT, Maine (AP) -- Health officials said Tuesday they're prepared to legally enforce the state's "voluntary" quarantine on health care workers who've treated Ebola patients.Department of Health and Human Services Commissioner Mary Mayhew declined during a news