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Ebola worries could keep some Dallas students home 10/02/2014 01:18am • PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Some parents have temporarily removed their children from Dallas schools after learning that five students may have come into contact with the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the U.S.School administrators urged calm. None of the children have Ebola-infected passenger was sent home from ER 10/02/2014 12:38am • LAURAN NEERGARD Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- The airline passenger who brought Ebola into the U.S. initially went to a Dallas emergency room last week but was sent home, despite telling a nurse that he had been in disease-ravaged West Africa, the hospital said Wednesday in a disclosure that showe Ebola, Hospital Isolation and You 10/02/2014 12:00am • In the unlikely event you're ever a patient in a U.S. hospital that's treating someone with Ebola, you'd probably be concerned about contagion. Infection prevention experts say most facilities -- using isolation precautions, proper sanitation and trained health care providers with access to protect Girl, 10, dies from complications of enterovirus 10/01/2014 06:40pm • PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- State health officials say a 10-year-old Rhode Island girl has died from complications of an unusual respiratory virus that has been affecting children across the U.S.The Rhode Island Health Department announced Wednesday that the child died last week of a staph infection as Johnson & Johnson buying Alios for $1.75B 10/01/2014 06:00pm • NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) -- Johnson & Johnson is buying the biopharmaceutical company Alios BioPharma Inc. for about $1.75 billion.Alios is a privately held California-based company that focuses on developing therapies for viral diseases.The deal includes Alios' portfolio of potential therapeutics f Sister: US Ebola patient said he was from Liberia 10/01/2014 03:38pm • DALLAS (AP) -- According to his sister, the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States has said he notified health care workers the first time he went to the hospital that he was visiting the U.S. from Liberia.It's one of the West African countries hardest hit by the Ebola outbreak.His siste UN says 1st staffer dies of 'probable' Ebola 10/01/2014 02:52pm • CARA ANNA Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The United Nations said Wednesday a staff member in Liberia has died from "probable Ebola," while the World Health Organization said it was optimistic that an Ebola vaccine could be available for mass vaccination campaigns as early as 2015.The spokes Team seeks anyone who encountered Ebola patient 10/01/2014 01:39pm • DALLAS (AP) -- A team of federal health officials is tracking anyone who had close contact with a man who's now being treated for Ebola in a Dallas hospital.The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the nine-member team is in Dallas to work with local and state health agencies, 10 Things to Know for Today 10/01/2014 06:46am • The Associated Press Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:1. EBOLA CASE FUELS CONCERNS FOR LIBERIANS IN TEXASThe first case of the disease diagnosed in the U.S. sends chills through the West African community in Dallas whose leaders Government confirms first case of Ebola in US 10/01/2014 01:48am • DAVID WARREN Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was confirmed Tuesday in a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas -- a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West Africa.The unidentified man was critically ill and ha Government confirms first case of Ebola in US 09/30/2014 09:20pm • DAVID WARREN Associated Press DALLAS (AP) -- Federal health officials on Tuesday confirmed the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S., a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas and a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West Africa.The unidentified patien US doctor exposed to Ebola virus admitted to NIH 09/30/2014 06:48pm • Dr. Anthony Fauci discussed the Ebola outbreak and the doctor under observation at NIH during WTOP's "Ask the Doctor" Monday. WASHINGTON (AP) -- An American doctor who was exposed to the Ebola virus while volunteering in Sierra Leone was admitted Sunday to a hospital at the National Institutes Massachusetts doctor says he knew Ebola risk 09/30/2014 11:06am • DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) -- Dr. Rick Sacra knew what he was getting into when he went to Liberia in early August to treat very ill pregnant women and deliver babies at a time when the West African nation was dealing with an outbreak of Ebola.But Sacra, who contracted Ebol Doctor: Which flu vaccine to get 09/30/2014 08:12am • Want to get a flu shot? Find a flu shot clinic on the Adventist Health Care website. WASHINGTON -- This flu season, the feds have a special request for kids, and a local top doctor wants people to know some vaccines may offer better protection against influenza than others. The strains of f Explore the Life of a Public Health Specialist 09/30/2014 12:00am • The current outbreak of Ebola virus has killed more than 3,000 people -- mostly women and health care workers -- in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia. According to the World Health Organization, there are more than deaths are attributed to more than 6,500 cases in several countries in West Africa.