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US officials say Ebola is likely to spread 09/03/2014 04:20pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- U.S. health officials are warning that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa is likely to spread to more countries.During a telephone briefing with reporters, Tom Kenyon of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the disease is spreading faster than health workers

Mission group identifies 3rd US aid worker with Ebola 09/03/2014 03:30pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- The president of a missionary group says a third U.S. aid worker sickened with the Ebola virus decided to return to Liberia after the other two people became ill.SIM President Bruce Johnson said at a news conference Wednesday that Dr. Rick Sacra returned to Liberia about a mo

US missionary who had Ebola to discuss recovery 09/03/2014 09:20am • MITCH WEISS Associated Press CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (AP) -- The doctor who oversaw treatment of two American missionaries who contracted the Ebola virus in west Africa says he doesn't know if a third sick American will be coming to his Atlanta hospital.Dr. Bruce Ribner told NBC's "Today" show Wed

Filipino nurse from Saudi Arabia positive for MERS 09/03/2014 09:10am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A nurse who flew home from Saudi Arabia last week has been confirmed as the Philippines' second case of Middle East respiratory syndrome.Results of a test done in the nurse's workplace in eastern Saudi Arabia's Dammam city came back positive after she arrived home, Philip

Group says world is losing battle against Ebola 09/03/2014 06:42am • ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The international group Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday that the world is losing the battle against Ebola and lamented that treatment centers in West Africa have been "reduced to places where people go to die alone."In separate remarks a

Ebola takes big toll on already poor health care 09/02/2014 05:20pm • MICHAEL DUFF Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- When the dreaded Ebola virus began infecting people in the Sierra Leone town of Kenema, Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan and his team were on the front lines. After stepping out of his protective suit following hours on a sweltering ward, he would ju

Experimental Ebola drug heals all monkeys in study 09/02/2014 04:20pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer An experimental Ebola drug healed all 18 monkeys infected with the deadly virus in a study, boosting hopes that the treatment might help fight the outbreak raging through West Africa -- once more of it can be made.The monkeys were given the drug, ZMapp, thr

AP Interview: Iran says it disrupts nuclear plots 09/02/2014 03:14pm • NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran has disrupted plots by foreign spies to recruit its nuclear experts and stopped sabotage attempts through faulty foreign equipment supplied for its facilities, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic's nuclear department told The Associated Pr

Ivory Coast will allow Sierra Leone team in 09/02/2014 06:44am • MARC-ANDRE BOISVERT Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) -- The Ivory Coast government decided late Monday to allow Sierra Leone's team to enter the country, giving the go-ahead for an African Cup qualifier after fears over Ebola put the game and Ivory Coast's place in the tournament in doubt.

Senegal monitors contacts of 1st Ebola patient 09/02/2014 05:50am • BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Senegalese authorities on Monday were monitoring everyone who was in contact with a student infected with Ebola who crossed into the country, and who has lost three family members to the disease.An Ebola outbreak in West Africa has killed more th

Ebola in mind, US colleges screen some students 09/01/2014 03:42pm • CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) -- College students from West Africa may be subject to extra health checks when they arrive to study in the United States as administrators try to insulate campuses from the worst Ebola outbreak in history.With the virus continuing to kill in Guin

9 African wrestlers barred from worlds 09/01/2014 11:08am • VEVEY, Switzerland (AP) -- The governing body of wrestling says nine athletes cannot compete at the upcoming world championships because of travel restrictions imposed since the Ebola virus outbreak in west Africa.FILA says the ruling by the Uzbekistan health ministry affects seven wrestlers from Ni

Scientists dig into Ebola's deadly genes for clues 09/01/2014 09:34am • SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- A single funeral caused many.Stephen Gire and other health researchers on the ground in Africa had some hope that the Ebola outbreak was coming under control or at least plateauing in late May. Then came the funeral of a healer in Guinea. More tha