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Flight attendants call for tougher Ebola screens at airports 10/08/2014 08:08am • WASHINGTON -- Flight attendants have strong suggestions to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus. The Association of Flight Attendants (AFA) says new, stronger measures must be implemented in Ebola virus hotspots to keep anyone with likely symptoms grounded. The union representing nearly 60,0 US health providers expand their Ebola precautions 10/08/2014 08:00am • DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Public hospitals in New York City are so concerned about Ebola, they've secretly been sending actors with mock symptoms into emergency rooms to test how well the triage staffs identify and isolate possible cases.A small Ohio hospital has hung up sign Doc exposed to Ebola released from Md. isolation 10/08/2014 07:00am • BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -- An American doctor exposed to the Ebola virus after a needle stick in Sierra Leone has been released from isolation and sent home.The doctor had been kept in isolation at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda since Sept. 28 out of an abundance of caution.The NIH said Tu Ebola evades European defenses; pet dog must die 10/08/2014 03:56am • JORGE SAINZ Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- Health officials in Spain rushed to contain the Ebola virus Tuesday after it got past Europe's defenses, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a nursing assistant got infected and persuading a court that the woman's dog must die.The first cas Experimental Ebola treatments at a glance 10/08/2014 01:20am • The Associated Press Three experimental drugs are known to have been used on Ebola patients in the current outbreak:-- Chimerix Inc.'s brincidofovir, being used on the Dallas Ebola patient, is an oral medicine developed to treat other types of viruses. It is in late-stage testing for cytomegaloviru Coast Guard sector issues new steps on Ebola virus 10/07/2014 07:00pm • JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- A U.S. Coast Guard sector says it will contact ships that have recently been to Ebola-affected countries to ask whether passengers have symptoms of the virus before they are allowed into port.The sector, which includes parts of New York an 6 die in dengue virus outbreak in southern China 10/07/2014 06:08pm • BEIJING (AP) -- The dengue virus has killed six people and infected more than 23,000 in southern China's worst outbreak of the mosquito-transmitted disease in about two decades, officials said Tuesday.Authorities in worst-affected Guangdong province attribute the severity of this year's outbreak to US general: $750 million military cost in Liberia 10/07/2014 05:40pm • LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. military efforts to construct treatment facilities, set up more labs and conduct testing and training in Africa to deal with the Ebola crisis are expected to cost $750 million over six months, the Army general who commands U.S. troops in Afri Chiefs' Hali lends support as Ebola epidemic rages 10/07/2014 05:07pm • DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LENEXA, Kan. (AP) -- Tamba Hali fled Liberia when it was in the midst of a bloody civil war. Now that the West African nation is at the center of a very different crisis -- an outbreak of Ebola -- the Chiefs linebacker is lending his support to a humanitarian relief eff As Ebola escapes Europe's defenses, Madrid scrambles to contain the virus 10/07/2014 04:50pm • MADRID (AP) -- Health officials in Spain are scrambling to contain the Ebola virus, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a nursing assistant got infected and even getting a court order to kill the woman's dog.The first case of Ebola transmitted outside Africa is raising questions abou Why nation's top docs say Ebola won't spread in US 10/07/2014 04:06pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ebola has arrived in the United States and people are frightened.The nation's top infectious diseases expert says it's perfectly normal to feel anxious about a virus that kills so fast and is ravaging parts of West Africa."People who are scared, I say, New concern worldwide as nurse in Spain gets Ebola 10/07/2014 03:36pm • CONNIE CASS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Raising fresh concern around the world, a nurse in Spain on Monday became the first person known to catch Ebola outside the outbreak zone in West Africa. In the U.S., President Barack Obama said the government was considering ordering more careful scre Correction: Tuberculosis Exposure-Texas-Q&A story 10/07/2014 03:20pm • EL PASO, Texas (AP) -- In a story Oct. 1 about a tuberculosis outbreak linked to a Texas hospital, The Associated Press erroneously referred to tuberculosis as a virus. It is caused by a bacterium.A corrected version of the story is below:Questions about tuberculosis after infants exposedQuestions a Ebola escapes Europe's defenses; pet dog must die 10/07/2014 03:07pm • BARRY HATTON Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- Health officials scrambled Tuesday to figure out how West Africa's Ebola outbreak got past Europe's defenses, quarantining four people at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nursing assistant became infected. Determined to contain the spread of the deadly v Spain quarantines 3 more after nurse infected with Ebola, 50 others being monitored 10/07/2014 12:28pm • MADRID (AP) -- Health officials in Spain have placed three more people under quarantine for Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a nursing assistant became infected.More than 50 other possible contacts are being monitored. Among those quarantined is the nursing assistant's husband. He has shown no signs