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Could more have been done for Thomas Eric Duncan? 10/27/2014 05:58pm • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- When Thomas Eric Duncan became the first diagnosed case of Ebola in the United States, his relatives with roots in virus-ravaged Liberia knew what questions to ask.Would his treatment include experimental drugs? Was a blood transfusion from a survivor an Owner is angry about pet dog slain over Ebola fear 10/27/2014 05:40pm • MADRID (AP) -- The husband of a Spanish nursing assistant who beat Ebola says he feels bitter that authorities killed their pet dog Excalibur, which he says the couple looked upon as "the son we never had."Javier Limon said Monday that officials gave him no opportunity to argue against the decision Q&A about care of Dallas Ebola patient who died 10/27/2014 03:20pm • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Of the nine people who have been treated for Ebola in the United States, only one has died.Family members of Thomas Eric Duncan, who was diagnosed with the virus in Dallas after arriving from Liberia, say he did not get all the help they wanted before he Dallas man's Halloween decor inspired by Ebola 10/27/2014 03:04pm • JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press UNIVERSITY PARK, Texas (AP) -- Taking inspiration from the fear of Ebola, a Dallas-area man has stacked up barrels marked "biohazard," surrounded his yard with yellow caution tape and crossed his door and windows with white tape marked "quarantine.""There's negative pe Maryland officials outline Ebola monitoring plan 10/27/2014 02:00pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- Maryland officials will require anyone considered to have high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus to stay home until it's confirmed they're Ebola-free.That's one of the precautionary measures that state officials outlined today in their plan to monitor the potential for Ebola from pe Drugmakers bet on Ebola vaccines, treatments 10/27/2014 01:56pm • MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Drugmakers are racing to develop vaccines and drugs to address the worst outbreak of Ebola in history. It's unclear who will pay for their products, but companies are betting that governments and aid groups will foot the bill.There are no proven drugs or vaccines for Maryland officials outline Ebola-monitoring plan 10/27/2014 12:00pm • BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) -- Maryland officials will require anyone considered to have high-risk exposure to the Ebola virus to stay home until it's confirmed they're Ebola-free.That's one of the precautionary measures that state officials outlined Monday in their plan to monitor t Ebola: NY had jump-start, Dallas had to learn fast 10/27/2014 11:20am • LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Talk about a tale of two cities: A Dallas hospital got a pop quiz in Ebola and made an early mistake. New York got a peek at the answer sheet and was better prepared at the start.The contrast in handling two Ebola diagnoses highlights how differentl Colleagues: US doctor with Ebola was very careful 10/27/2014 10:18am • BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- An American doctor who caught Ebola while treating patients in Guinea was a hard worker who conscientiously followed safety procedures, two colleagues said Saturday.Craig Spencer is being treated for Ebola in New York City after coming down wi Chelsea faces mismatch in last 16 of League Cup 10/27/2014 09:56am • STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer MANCHESTER, England (AP) -- Two days after playing at Old Trafford, Chelsea will experience the other side of English football when the Premier League leaders visit fourth-tier club Shrewsbury for the biggest mismatch of the last 16 of the League Cup.The 9,875-capacity New York screening protocols, scenarios for Ebola 10/27/2014 04:00am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo and health officials detailed New York state screening protocols and scenarios Sunday for airline passengers who recently traveled to any of the three West African countries fighting an Ebola outbreak.SCREENING LEVELSThe first screening will be conducted by the U.S Nurse criticizes Ebola quarantine, raising concern 10/27/2014 02:04am • VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- The nurse who was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital because she had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa criticized the way her case has been handled, raising concerns from humanitarian and human rights groups over unclear policies for the new NY, NJ order Ebola quarantine for doctors, others 10/26/2014 04:40pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Alarmed by the case of an Ebola-infected New York doctor, the governors of New Jersey and New York on Friday ordered a mandatory, 21-day quarantine of all medical workers and other arriving airline passengers who have had contact with victims of t WHO: Number of Ebola-linked cases passes 10,000 10/26/2014 11:14am • SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- More than 10,000 people have been infected with Ebola and nearly half of them have died, according to figures released Saturday by the World Health Organization, as the outbreak continues to spread.The Ebola epidemic in West Africa is the large WHO: Millions of Ebola vaccine doses ready in 2015 10/26/2014 10:48am • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization says millions of doses of two experimental Ebola vaccines could be ready for use in 2015 and five more experimental vaccines will start being tested in March.Still, the agency warned it's not clear whether any of these will w