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US journalist says body was 'at war' with Ebola 10/26/2014 07:32am • JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Ashoka Mukpo knew he really was in trouble when he saw the people treating him in full protective suits and hoods.The American video journalist is home now after recovering from Ebola he contracted while working in the virus-ravaged West A Ebola-stricken doc described as driven do-gooder 10/26/2014 12:46am • JAKE PEARSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Dr. Craig Spencer, the physician now being treated for Ebola in New York City, is the kind of globe-trotting do-gooder who could walk into a small village in Africa and, even though he didn't know the language, win people over through hugs alone, accord Few details offered on quarantines over Ebola 10/26/2014 12:36am • VERENA DOBNIK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- A nurse who treated Ebola patients in Sierra Leone is the first test case of quarantine policies now in effect in three states over heightened fears the deadly virus could be spread by health care workers returning to the United States.The sketchy deta Dallas nurse who survived Ebola must wait for dog 10/25/2014 07:00pm • DALLAS (AP) -- A Texas nurse who has recovered from Ebola must wait to see her King Charles spaniel, Bentley.Nina Pham returned to Dallas late Friday after her release from the National Institutes of Health. She has repeatedly tested virus-free and said she was looking forward to see Bentley.Dallas Ebola: More calls for travel bans or quarantines 10/25/2014 04:08pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Ebola virus's arrival in New York City and yet another West African nation -- Mali -- renewed questions about whether stricter travel restrictions would help lock down the deadly disease. The governors of New York and New Jersey went ahead and issu Woman quarantined in NJ shows no signs of Ebola 10/25/2014 03:10pm • TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey health officials say a woman who arrived at Newark Liberty International Airport from West Africa has tested negative for Ebola in a preliminary evaluation.The New Jersey Department of Health says the woman remains in isolation at University Hospital in Newark on Sat Va. man facing more charges in HIV exposure case 10/25/2014 01:40pm • BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- Police say a Virginia man arrested on charges of having unprotected sex with a Maryland woman without telling her he was HIV-positive is now facing additional charges after a second victim came forward.Daniel Cleaves of Richmond was previously arrested on seven charges of trans Republicans question federal response on Ebola 10/25/2014 07:52am • ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The new Ebola infection in New York City exposed flaws in the system and raised new concerns, lawmakers said Friday, as they criticized the federal response to the outbreak and questioned top officials' credibility."I can tell you it's not working. Al WHO: Mali case put many at risk for Ebola 10/25/2014 06:12am • BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Many people in Mali are at high risk of catching Ebola because the toddler who brought the disease to the country was bleeding from her nose as she traveled on a bus from Guinea, the World Health Organization warned Friday.The U.N. agency is treating Pakistan detects more polio cases on awareness day 10/25/2014 05:50am • MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The World Health Organization said Friday that three more polio cases have surfaced in Pakistan, bringing the number of new cases to 220, a record figure that authorities blame on attacks by insurgents targeting vaccination teams.The WHO statement came Ebola cases in New York and Mali fan travel fears 10/25/2014 03:54am • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Ebola virus's arrival in New York City and yet another West African nation -- Mali -- renewed questions Friday about whether stricter travel restrictions would help lock down the deadly disease. The governors of New York and New Jersey went ahead a Timeline for New York doctor who has Ebola 10/25/2014 01:18am • NEW YORK (AP) -- A look at the recent activities of Dr. Craig Spencer, a New York City physician who treated Ebola patients in West Africa and this week became the fourth person to test positive for the virus in the United States:Sept. 18: Spencer leaves for West Africa via Brussels.Oct. 12: Spencer Hopkins to help design Ebola guide for nurses 10/24/2014 09:20pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine says it has been asked to lead a group to design a Web-based program on Ebola protocols for health workers. The hospital said in an email on Friday that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention asked Hopkins to aid doctors, nurses and others as they c As Ebola reaches New York, what you need to know 10/24/2014 07:50pm • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Now that a doctor in New York has been diagnosed with Ebola, health officials are once again stressing that the virus poses little risk in the U.S.Some questions and answers about Ebola:WHAT IS EBOLA?Ebola hemorrhagic fever is a rare and deadly disease Ebola jitters for some _ but not all _ New Yorkers 10/24/2014 07:40pm • JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Traveling into Manhattan by subway from Brooklyn on Friday, the day after a New York doctor was diagnosed with Ebola, Dennis Johnson and his fiancee, Lian Robinson, were trying to be sensible about the odds of the disease spreading.Still, they found