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WHO: Spain's Ebola case won't be last in Europe 10/09/2014 04:46am • JORGE SAINZ Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish nursing assistant may be the first person in the ongoing epidemic to catch Ebola outside of Africa, but she probably won't be the last, experts warn.Still, even as more people with Ebola arrive on European shores, the continent's sophisticated he US Ebola patient dies; airport screening expanded 10/09/2014 03:00am • MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S. died Wednesday despite intense but delayed treatment, and the government announced it was expanding airport examinations to guard against the spread of the deadly disease.The checks will include taking Spain euthanizes pet dog of Ebola-infected woman 10/09/2014 12:20am • BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- The protesters, chanting "Assassins!" as they scuffled with police in front of a suburban Madrid apartment complex, made their demand clear: No matter how desperate officials might be to stop the spread of Ebola, an innocent pet must not be made a casualt Questions and answers on dogs and Ebola risks 10/08/2014 11:58pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Monkeys, bats and a menagerie of animals can spread Ebola. Now there's worry that dogs -- or one dog in particular -- might spread it, too. Officials in Madrid got a court order to euthanize the pet of a Spanish nursing assistant who has the deadly virus.Th More Ebola screening to begin at five US airports 10/08/2014 10:48pm • ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government will begin taking the temperatures of travelers from West Africa arriving at five U.S. airports as part of a stepped-up response to the Ebola epidemic.President Barack Obama said the new efforts would provide yet another tier of p 10 Things to Know for Thursday 10/08/2014 09:28pm • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday:1. U.S. ANNOUNCES EXPANDED EBOLA SCREENING AT AIRPORTSThe checks will include taking the temperatures of travelers arriving from West Africa at New York's JFK, Washington D Ebola crisis leaves Dallas a city on edge 10/08/2014 08:20pm • NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Dallas is a city on edge as public-health officials wait to see if any of the people who may have been exposed to Ebola develop symptoms of the deadly disease.Several residents of the neighborhood where a Liberian man emerged as the first U.S.-diagnose Kerry: World must 'step up' anti-Ebola effort 10/08/2014 06:30pm • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry made an urgent plea Wednesday for nations to step up their response to the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, saying more money, equipment and personnel are needed now.In an impassioned appeal, Kerry said progress aga How to talk to your kids about Ebola 10/08/2014 04:15pm • WASHINGTON -- More than 3,400 people have died from the Ebola virus since the outbreak began in West Africa this past December. With new cases diagnosed in the United States and Spain, many parents are on edge when it comes to how to calm their kids' fears about the epidemic. Leslie Morgan Stei Hackers target USB devices: How to protect yourself 10/08/2014 12:59pm • By Ken Colburn, Data Doctors PHOENIX -- Q: What can you tell me about the new USB drive exploit that I'm hearing about? A: The ubiquitous USB drive has always been a potential threat to any computer that it plugs into, as malware can live on it just as easily as it can on a hard drive. What Ebola burial teams in Sierra Leone go back to work as Liberia health staff threatens strike 10/08/2014 12:30pm • FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- Burial teams in Sierra Leone have gone back to work one day after organizing a strike over pay and abandoning the dead bodies of Ebola victims in the capital.In neighboring Liberia, however, health workers are threatening to strike if their demands for more money and s Ebola's victims may include dog in Spain 10/08/2014 11:52am • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Ebola's victims may include a dog named Excalibur. Officials in Madrid got a court order to euthanize the pet of a Spanish nursing assistant with Ebola because of the chance the animal might spread the disease.At least one major study suggests that dogs can Cameraman suffering from Ebola arrives in Nebraska 10/08/2014 09:32am • JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- An American video journalist who contracted Ebola while working in Liberia stepped off a jet Monday under his own power on his way to a Nebraska hospital where he will be treated for the disease in a specialized containment unit.At the bottom of the jet The Zen of Bill: A Q&A with Bill Murray 10/08/2014 09:18am • JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) -- Sitting through the premiere of his latest film, "St. Vincent," Bill Murray was unexpectedly moved."I thought, 'Well, I better not be crying when the lights come up,'" Murray recalled in an interview shortly after the film's Toronto Film Festival debut. "Tha Morning Notes 10/08/2014 09:05am • NIH Releases Patient Exposed To Ebola – The NIH Clinical Center on Tuesday released a man who was flown to the U.S. from Sierra Leone with a high-risk exposure to Ebola. The man suffered a needle stick injury and was put in isolation at NIH’s Bethesda campus because of a brief peri