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African leaders: Ebola could lead to food crisis 10/16/2014 09:40am • DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Financial aid and global coordination are needed to prevent the Ebola health care crisis from becoming a food emergency, agriculture ministers from West African nations at the center of the Ebola outbreak said Wednesday.In Sierra Leone, where thou Ebola escalation could trigger major food crisis 10/16/2014 08:20am • Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions from the community. Register for tickets. EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The global famine warning system is predicting a major food cris Fresh Ebola fears hit airline stocks 10/16/2014 06:42am • DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) -- News that a nurse diagnosed with Ebola flew on a plane full of passengers raised fear among airline investors that the scare over the virus could cause travelers to avoid flying.Shares of the biggest U.S. airlines tumbled between 5 and 8 percent before Nurse with Ebola arrives in Atlanta for treatment 10/16/2014 04:58am • ATLANTA (AP) -- A second Dallas nurse diagnosed with Ebola was transferred Wednesday from Texas to a specialized hospital isolation unit in Atlanta that has already treated three Americans with the virus.Helicopter footage from local television stations showed 29-year-old Amber Joy Vinson leaving a Obama: Ebola monitoring must be 'more aggressive' 10/16/2014 03:12am • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama vowed Wednesday that his administration would respond in a "much more aggressive way" to cases of Ebola in the United States and warned that in an age of frequent travel the disease could spread globally if the world doesn't res Second Texas nurse tests positive for Ebola 10/16/2014 03:06am • Anyone who traveled on Frontier Airlines Flight 1143 from Cleveland to Dallas-Fort Worth on Monday, Oct. 13 is urged to call 1-800-CDC-INFO or 1-800-232-4636. Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions f A look at sick nurses contact with Ebola patient 10/16/2014 02:20am • Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions from the community. Register for tickets. DALLAS (AP) -- Two nurses at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital who cared for a Liberian patient with Ebola have tested p New US Ebola case a nurse who treated man in Texas 10/16/2014 01:20am • MATT SEDENSKY Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- A dated yearbook picture of a smiling young woman has become the latest face of Ebola in the U.S.The high school picture of Amber Vinson spread across the country after the 29-year-old nurse was confirmed with the virus Wednesday. But little was publicly St Lucia, Colombia bar visitors from Ebola nations 10/16/2014 01:10am • DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- The leader of the small Caribbean island of St. Lucia issued an order Wednesday to immediately bar entry to travelers coming from three West African nations overwhelmed with Ebola epidemics.The Colombian government in South America later anno USAID says Ebola nations following right approach 10/16/2014 12:20am • BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- A U.S. official touring the West African countries worst hit by the deadly Ebola virus expressed optimism Wednesday that the right strategies to fight the disease are in place, even as warnings mount over the deteriorating situation.The World 2 Ebola outbreaks in Africa have different sources 10/16/2014 12:12am • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A second, smaller Ebola outbreak has been going on in Africa, and a new study shows it has a different source in nature than the massive epidemic raging now in the western part of the continent.The outbreak that began in July in the Democratic Republic of C St. Lucia: No visitors from Ebola-stricken nations 10/15/2014 09:40pm • DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- The leader of the small Caribbean island of St. Lucia issued an order Wednesday to immediately bar entry to travelers coming from three West African nations overwhelmed with Ebola epidemics.The Colombian government in South America later anno NFL sends information on Ebola to all teams 10/15/2014 07:46pm • TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- The NFL has sent a newsletter outlining the basic facts about the Ebola virus to all team doctors and trainers for distribution to players and staff.The league said Wednesday the newsletter was written by the Duke Infection Control Outreach Hospitals near Dulles prepared for Ebola 10/15/2014 07:43pm • Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions from the community. Register for tickets. WASHINGTON -- As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention enhances Ebola screenings at Dulles International Airpo Experimental Ebola vaccine administered to some in D.C. area 10/15/2014 06:47pm • Editor's Note: WTOP is hosting a town hall on Ebola at the Newseum in D.C. on Oct. 20. Leading physicians will be taking questions from the community. Register for tickets. WASHINGTON -- Some people in the Washington, D.C. area may now be resistant to Ebola, if an experimental vaccine can li