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Nurse who overcame Ebola meets with Obama 10/24/2014 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Texas nurse who's overcome the Ebola virus has met in the Oval Office with President Barack Obama.The meeting, which included a hug from the president, came immediately after Nina Pham was released from the National Institutes of Health's hospital outside Washington. Doctors the Ebola cases could spur lawsuits _ with big hurdles 10/24/2014 04:30pm • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- In a land of lawsuits, this case seems made for litigation: A doctor appears to miss a red flag, an Ebola diagnosis is delayed, and a patient dies. But this is Texas.It may not matter much that Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas apologized for ini Mobile army lab unit prepares for trip to Liberia 10/24/2014 03:00pm • BALTIMORE (AP) -- A U.S. military mobile laboratory designed to assess and combat biological and chemical threats is preparing for its first deployment to Liberia, where a team of soldiers and scientists will test for Ebola.The 1st Area Medical Laboratory based in Aberdeen will deploy to Liberia nex Emory confirms Ebola no longer detected in nurse 10/24/2014 02:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) -- Emory University Hospital officials are confirming tests no longer detect the Ebola virus in a nurse being treated at its hospital near Atlanta.Emory said in a statement Friday afternoon that Amber Vinson is making good progress, and tests no longer detect the virus in her blood. Vin Newly released Dallas nurse meets with Obama 10/24/2014 12:46pm • JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press BETHESDA, Md. (AP) _ A nurse who caught Ebola while caring for the patient diagnosed in Dallas was released from a hospital Friday, free of the virus, and met with President Barack Obama at the White House. Nurse Nina Pham said she felt ``fortunate and blessed t Nurse Nina Pham is Ebola-free 10/24/2014 11:00am • WASHINGTON -- Nina Pham, the Dallas nurse being treated at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, is now Ebola-free and will be discharged, CBS News reports. She contracted the virus after treating Thomas Eric Duncan, who died from the disease, at a hospital in Dallas. A second NIH To Discharge Nurse Now Free Of Ebola Virus 10/24/2014 11:00am • NIH says Nina Pham, the Ebola-stricken nurse who came to the Bethesda facility last week, is now free of the virus and will be discharged. Top NIH officials, including NIH Director Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will hold a p Viral meningitis cases reported at University of Maryland 10/24/2014 10:45am • WASHINGTON -- There are confirmed and suspected cases of viral meningitis at the University of Maryland's College Park campus. The school's health center is working with the Prince George's County Health Department and the state health department to track the cases. However the virus has spread Pat Robertson comment on AIDS angers Kenyans 10/24/2014 10:20am • TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Kenyans are expressing anger and shock on social media and radio stations over comments made by popular American evangelist Pat Robertson in a recent TV broadcast in which he warned that towels in Kenya could transmit AIDS.Robertson made the remarks NY governor: Doctor had 100.3 temp, not 103 10/24/2014 09:50am • NEW YORK (AP) -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the New York doctor who has tested positive for Ebola "obviously felt he wasn't symptomatic" when he went out "in a limited way."Cuomo made his comments on NBC's Today show Friday after being asked whether Dr. Craig Spencer acted responsibly, even though he ro US to track everyone coming from Ebola nations 10/24/2014 08:46am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer ATLANTA (AP) -- All travelers who come into the U.S. from three Ebola-stricken West African nations will now be monitored for three weeks, the latest step by federal officials to keep the disease from spreading into the country.Starting Monday, anyone traveling from Gui EU leaders seek more Ebola funding at summit 10/24/2014 08:16am • RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) -- Britain pledged an additional 100 million euro ($126 million) to fight Ebola and Prime Minister David Cameron called on the other European Union leaders at a summit to step up their efforts to contain the deadly virus too.Cameron had set an EU target of 1 1st Ebola case in W. African nation of Mali 10/24/2014 08:10am • BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- Mali reported its first case of Ebola late Thursday, marking a major setback for West African efforts to contain the deadly virus that now has affected six countries in the region and left nearly 5,000 dead.Health Minister Ousmane Kone made the announ Patients avoiding Dallas hospital where Ebola hit 10/24/2014 02:18am • NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- The Dallas hospital where a man diagnosed with Ebola died and two nurses were infected with the virus has seen patients flee the hospital, with a more than 50 percent decline in visits to its emergency room since the crisis began.Texas Health Presbyter NY doctor back from Guinea has Ebola, 1st in city 10/24/2014 02:04am • COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- An emergency room doctor who recently returned to the city after treating Ebola patients in West Africa has tested positive for the virus, becoming the first case in the city and the fourth in the nation.Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thu