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Liberia avoids mass hospital strike amid Ebola 10/14/2014 08:56am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Health workers reported for duty at Liberia's hospitals on Monday, largely defying calls for a strike that could have further hampered the country's ability to respond to the worst Ebola outbreak in history.Nurses and other health worke Ebola deflating hopes for 3 poor African economies 10/14/2014 06:54am • PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) -- Just as their economies had begun to recover from the man-made horror of coups and civil war, the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have been knocked back down by a terrifying force of nature: the Ebola virus.In addition Canadian Ebola vaccine begins testing 10/14/2014 04:30am • TORONTO (AP) -- Human testing of an experimental Canadian-made Ebola vaccine began Monday, with federal officials saying the drug could be shipped to West Africa within months if it proves successful.Health Minister Rona Ambrose said the launch of the vaccine's first clinical trial marks a promising EU considers airport screening for Ebola 10/14/2014 04:30am • PARIS (AP) -- France and other European countries are considering following the lead of the U.S. and Britain to start screening passengers arriving on flights from the West African countries hit hardest by the Ebola outbreak.The French presidency said in a statement Monday that Francois Hollande dis News Guide: Officials review Ebola procedures 10/14/2014 03:16am • The Associated Press Federal health officials launched a review of procedures for treating infected Ebola patients Monday, while the World Health Organization called the outbreak "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times."In Texas, medical records showed that a 26-year-old nurse CDC: Protocol breach in treating Ebola patient 10/14/2014 03:12am • CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Top federal health officials said Sunday that the Ebola diagnosis in a health care worker who treated Thomas Eric Duncan at a Texas hospital clearly indicates a breach in safety protocol.But the unidentified worker has been unable to pinpoint where Key question: How did Dallas worker catch Ebola? 10/14/2014 02:36am • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer How did it happen?That's the big question as federal health officials investigate the case of a Dallas health worker who treated an Ebola patient and ended up with the disease herself.These are professionals and this is the United States, where the best con Dog of Dallas nurse with Ebola to be cared for 10/13/2014 10:00pm • DALLAS (AP) -- Officials say a year-old King Charles Spaniel has been taken from the Dallas apartment of an Ebola-infected nurse and will be cared for at an undisclosed location.Nurse Nina Pham's apartment is being thoroughly cleaned after tests over the weekend confirmed she is infected.Dallas Coun Ebola survivor donates plasma to sick Dallas nurse 10/13/2014 09:50pm • DALLAS (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 she received a transfusion of plasma containing Ebola-fighting antibodies Can all US hospitals safely treat Ebola? 10/13/2014 09:00pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer The idea that all U.S. hospitals may not be able to safely treat Ebola patients seemed to find more acceptance Monday as a second federal official suggested it was worth rethinking whether to send patients to one of the specialized units set up to deal with Landfill rejects ash from Ebola victim's things 10/13/2014 06:20pm • KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A Louisiana waste disposal site says it won't accept the ashes generated when a Texas Ebola victim's belongings from his apartment were incinerated and a judge has signed an order temporarily blocking the disposal in the state.Attorney General Buddy Obama gets update on latest Ebola developments 10/13/2014 06:08pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama has gotten an update about the latest developments on Ebola from his health secretary and his assistant for homeland security.The White House says Obama has asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to move as quickly as possible in investigating Dallas health worker tests positive for Ebola 10/13/2014 04:32pm • NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- A "breach of protocol" at the hospital where Ebola victim Thomas Eric Duncan was treated before his death led to the infection of a health care worker with the deadly virus, and other caregivers could potentially be exposed, federal health officials sa Ebola: How it spreads 10/13/2014 01:46pm • The Associated Press Some facts about how Ebola spreads:WHEN IS EBOLA CONTAGIOUS?Only when someone is showing symptoms, which can start with vague symptoms including a fever, flu-like body aches and abdominal pain, and then vomiting and diarrhea.HOW DOES EBOLA SPREAD?Through close contact with a sy AP Enterprise: Records chronicle how Ebola kills 10/13/2014 01:22pm • ALLEN G. BREED Associated Press Despite five days of intensive treatment, Thomas Eric Duncan's condition was deteriorating.By the morning of Oct. 2, nurses noticed blood in the Liberian man's urine, and his stools were getting darker. Lab tests revealed worrisome signs of liver and kidney failure. D