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Ebola lapses persisted for days at Dallas hospital 10/20/2014 09:04am • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Just minutes after Thomas Eric Duncan arrived for a second time at the emergency room, the word is on his chart: "Ebola." But despite all the warnings that the deadly virus could arrive unannounced at an American hospital, for days after the admission, h Liberia president describes heavy cost of Ebola 10/20/2014 04:59am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said Ebola has killed more than 2,000 people in her country and has brought it to "a standstill," noting that Liberia and two other badly hit countries were already weakened by years of war.Appea Kerry seeks Asia's help in anti-Islamic State push 10/20/2014 04:14am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Indonesia for a brief visit aimed at building Asian support for the fights against Islamic State extremists and the deadly Ebola virus.Highlighting the Obama administration's commitment to the Asia-P Spaniard with Ebola beats the disease, test shows 10/20/2014 03:40am • ALAN CLENDENNING Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola after treating missionary priests with the disease repatriated from West Africa has managed to beat it after nearly two weeks of treatment in Madrid and has no traces of the virus in her bloodstream, acc China gives $6 million for food in Ebola countries 10/20/2014 03:09am • BEIJING (AP) -- China has donated $6 million to help stave off food shortages in the three African countries worst affected by the Ebola virus, the World Food Program announced Monday, part of Beijing's growing assistance to a continent where its companies have become major investors.WFP China repre German minister: EU should consider Ebola mission 10/20/2014 01:22am • BERLIN (AP) -- Germany's foreign minister has suggested that the European Union could send a civilian mission to West Africa to help combat the Ebola outbreak.Frank-Walter Steinmeier said at a gathering of health experts in Berlin Sunday that the 28-nation EU needs to become faster and more effectiv Celtics beat Nets in experimental 44-minute game 10/19/2014 09:04pm • ADRY TORRES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Jared Sullinger took a glance at the game clock and thought something must be wrong. With fewer than six minutes left in the first quarter, he was still in the game.There was a good reason he hadn't been subbed out yet, though.In an experimental 44-minut Friends, family of Ebola patient reach milestone 10/19/2014 07:22pm • EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- As her boyfriend Thomas Eric Duncan lay dying of Ebola in a Dallas hospital bed, Louise Troh battled loneliness and fear that she too had contracted the disease while confined to a stranger's home under armed guard.Troh's confinement was endin Gay-rights group backs use of HIV-prevention pill 10/19/2014 02:00pm • DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The largest U.S. gay-rights organization Saturday endorsed efforts to promote the use of a once-a-day pill to prevent HIV infection and called on insurers to provide more generous coverage of the drug.Some doctors have been reluctant to prescribe the d Mission Unaccomplished: Containing Ebola in Africa 10/19/2014 01:14pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Looking back, the mistakes are easy to see: Waiting too long, spending too little, relying on the wrong people, thinking small when they needed to think big. Many people, governments and agencies share the blame for failing to contain Ebola when it emerged WHO won't discuss Ebola mistakes document 10/19/2014 12:38pm • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization said Saturday that it wouldn't explain details contained in an internal document obtained by The Associated Press in which the U.N. health agency said it fumbled early attempts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.In US, China vow to manage rifts ahead of Obama visit 10/19/2014 11:32am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BOSTON (AP) -- The U.S. and China pledged Saturday to overcome mistrust, manage their differences and cooperate on key issues like combatting terrorism and the spread of the Ebola virus as President Barack Obama prepares to travel to the Chinese capital next month.Me Ebola causing some people to change travel plans 10/19/2014 11:32am • DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) -- Travel agents say customers are asking whether it's safe to fly, and what steps they should take to guard against Ebola.The virus has killed more than 4,500 in West Africa since the current outbreak began several months ago. Several people who contracte Officials fear Ebola's on AIDS path; some disagree 10/19/2014 10:10am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Is Ebola the world's worst infectious disease threat since AIDS?Comparisons between the two deadly diseases surfaced in the last few months as the Ebola outbreak escalated. Both emerged from Africa and erupted into an international health crisis. And bo Effectiveness of Ebola travel ban questioned 10/19/2014 09:50am • ERICA WERNER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A ban on travel from West Africa might seem like a simple and smart response to the frightening Ebola outbreak there. It's become a central demand of Republicans on Capitol Hill and some Democrats, and is popular with the public. But health experts ar