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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 10/15/2014 06:30pm • The Associated Press Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad:___Oct. 14The Herald, Rock Hill, South Carolina, on stopping Ebola in West Africa:The United States seems to be suffering from extreme exposure to Ebola - not to the virus itself but to the viral spec Obama cancels campaign trip to focus on Ebola 10/15/2014 05:18pm • JIM KUHNHENN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama abruptly canceled a planned campaign trip Wednesday and planned to convene his Cabinet at the White House instead, as U.S. officials grappled with the widening Ebola crisis.The White House said Obama's trip to New Jersey and Con Dulles begins Ebola screening 10/15/2014 04:47pm • 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 -- The region's largest international gateway on Thursday will begin screening selected arriving passengers Second Texas health worker with Ebola was on flight 10/15/2014 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- A top federal health official say a Texas health worker should not have been flying aboard a commercial airline after being exposed to Ebola.The worker has now been diagnosed with the virus, and officials are contacting other passengers on the plane.Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Second Ebola case in hospital worker may help pinpoint transmission 10/15/2014 03:40pm • DALLAS (AP) -- Although health officials are dismayed to learn that a second worker at a Dallas hospital contracted Ebola after treating a patient there, the second case could help health officials determine how the workers are becoming infected. And they could use the information to make practices Putin to focus on Ukraine during trip to Milan 10/15/2014 03:20pm • VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) -- Trying to maneuver out of the worst Russia-West crisis since the Cold War, President Vladimir Putin is unleashing a diplomatic blitz involving a series of meetings with Western leaders during his visit to Italy.Putin's two-day trip to a Europe-Asia Amid Ebola fear, West Africans in US try to help 10/15/2014 01:52pm • JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- When a friend called Togar Johnson from a bus stop last month to ask for a lift, Johnson made what he considered a difficult but prudent decision: He said no.The friend had recently returned to the United States from Ebola-ravaged Liberia, Ebola and pets: What you need to know 10/15/2014 01:20pm • WASHINGTON -- After officials euthanized a dog owned by a Spanish nursing assistant infected with Ebola, some are concerned about the canine role in the transmission of the virus. A local veterinarian says there's no need for alarm. Veterinarian Dr. Katy Nelson, a.k.a. Dr. Paws, spoke to WTOP We How plasma transfusions, antibodies fight Ebola 10/15/2014 12:50pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A Dallas nurse being treated for Ebola has received a plasma transfusion from a doctor who beat his own infection with the deadly virus after getting a similar treatment. The reason: Antibodies in the blood of a survivor may help a patient fight off the ger Ebola patient cared for by 70 hospital staffers 10/15/2014 12:28pm • MARTHA MENDOZA AP National Writer DALLAS (AP) -- They drew his blood, put tubes down his throat and wiped up his diarrhea. They analyzed his urine and wiped saliva from his lips, even after he had lost consciousness.About 70 staff members at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital were involved in the ca General: Island vacation season spawns Ebola fears 10/15/2014 12:28pm • LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press AREQUIPA, Peru (AP) -- The coming winter vacation season is raising worries about the potential for Ebola cases in Caribbean and Central American countries, the top U.S. military commander in South America says, noting that smaller countries may be less equipped to Ebola and food security topic at World Food Prize 10/15/2014 12:28pm • DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- The West African Ebola epidemic and its impact on food security will be a topic of discussion as international dignitaries gather for the annual World Food Prize award ceremony to discuss the challenges of feeding a growing world population.Sierra Religion news in brief 10/15/2014 12:23pm • The Associated Press Ebola survivor donates plasma to sick Dallas nurseDALLAS (AP) -- A Dallas nurse who has Ebola has been given plasma to fight the virus taken from the blood of a doctor who beat the disease.The Rev. Jim Khoi, pastor of the Fort Worth church attended by Nina Pham's family, said s NBC correspondent admits violation of quarantine 10/15/2014 10:30am • NEW YORK (AP) -- NBC News medical correspondent Nancy Snyderman has admitted that some members of her crew violated a voluntary quarantine to protect against Ebola, a misstep that caused New Jersey health officials to make that quarantine mandatory.NBC said Tuesday that Snyderman and her crew are ta Ebola concerns close borders, threaten world chocolate supply 10/15/2014 10:28am • WASHINGTON -- Growing Ebola concerns have international chocolate suppliers banding together to combat the outbreak. Ivory Coast, the West African nation that is the world's biggest cacao producer, has closed its borders along Liberia and Guinea, Politico reports. That could make for a difficul