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Liberia: Doctor given experimental Ebola drug dies 08/26/2014 04:50am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- A Liberian doctor who received one of the last known doses of an experimental Ebola drug has died, officials said Monday. Separately, Canada said it has yet to send out an untested vaccine that the government is donating.Ebola has left CRANSTON, LOUIS-DREYFUS KISS, MAKE UP 08/26/2014 12:32am • The Associated Press On her way to the Emmy Awards stage, winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus got waylaid by a pair of lips belonging to Bryan Cranston.They shared a prolonged kiss as the audience applauded Louis-Dreyfus' win as lead actress in a comedy series. She had to be led away from the "Breaking Bad" Rangers' Choo to have season-ending elbow surgery 08/25/2014 11:10pm • JOSH LIEBESKIND Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) -- Texas Rangers outfielder Shin-Soo Choo is scheduled for surgery to remove a bone spur from his left elbow and will miss the rest of the season.Choo was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday, and the Rangers recalled outfielder Michael Choice from Dentist at center of hepatitis scare cedes license 08/25/2014 07:08pm • KRISTI EATON Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma oral surgeon whose filthy clinic conditions led to the testing of thousands of patients for HIV and hepatitis permanently surrendered his professional license on Friday.Scott Harrington's two Tulsa-area clinics have been closed since Ma Iran airs TV footage of purported Israeli drone 08/25/2014 01:27pm • NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A crash scene aired on Iranian state television Monday purported to show the wreckage of an Israeli drone shot down near an Iranian nuclear site, prompting questions about how a plane with limited range could have penetrated so deeply and whether i Study: Combining vaccines boosts polio immunity 08/25/2014 01:26pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- New research suggests a one-two punch could help battle polio in some of the world's most remote and strife-torn regions: Giving a single vaccine shot to children who've already swallowed drops of an oral polio vaccine greatly boosted their immun Official: British Ebola patient to be evacuated 08/25/2014 04:58am • CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- The first British citizen confirmed to be infected with the deadly Ebola disease is being evacuated from Sierra Leone on a jet sent by the Royal Air Force, a Sierra Leone official said Sunday.The World Health Organization is also Iran says it downs Israeli drone near nuclear site 08/25/2014 01:20am • NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said Sunday its forces shot down an Israeli drone as it approached an Iranian nuclear site, recovering major parts of what it described as an advanced aircraft. Israeli officials could not be immediately reached fo Ebola: Care and recovery of 2 American aid workers 08/25/2014 01:00am • MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- Two American aid workers have recovered from Ebola and left an Atlanta hospital, after weeks of intensive treatment in a special isolation unit.They were first two Ebola patients ever brought to the United States.Dr. Kent Brantly was released from Emory American Ebola doc urges help fighting outbreak 08/24/2014 04:02pm • KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- As one of few Ebola survivors with medical expertise, Dr. Kent Brantly seems keenly aware of the position his painful experience has put him in. He hasn't spoken yet about his plans, but spent much of his first public appearance pleading for help for c American Ebola doc urges help fighting outbreak 08/24/2014 04:02pm • KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- As one of few Ebola survivors with medical expertise, Dr. Kent Brantly seems keenly aware of the position his painful experience has put him in. He hasn't spoken yet about his plans, but spent much of his first public appearance pleading for help for c American Ebola doc urges help fighting outbreak 08/24/2014 04:02pm • KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- As one of few Ebola survivors with medical expertise, Dr. Kent Brantly seems keenly aware of the position his painful experience has put him in. He hasn't spoken yet about his plans, but spent much of his first public appearance pleading for help for c US diplomats barred from ice bucket challenge 08/24/2014 08:12am • MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The charity stunt has lured athletes, celebrities, politicians and rock stars and gone viral on the Internet, but don't look for U.S. diplomats to get in on the fun.Lawyers at the State Department have banned American ambassadors and other high-pro Ebola outbreak revives interest in 'The Hot Zone' 08/23/2014 01:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- The current Ebola outbreak has revived interest in a 1994 book about the deadly virus: Richard Preston's "The Hot Zone."Preston's million-selling book is No. 7 on The New York Times' nonfiction list of combined print and e-books sellers that comes out Sunday."The Hot Zone" is subtit Philippines to pull out of Golan Heights, Liberia 08/23/2014 06:50am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- The Philippine government said Saturday that it would bring home its peacekeeping forces from the Golan Heights amid the deteriorating security in the region and would withdraw its troops from Liberia because of the Ebola outbreak.The 331 Filipino U.N. troops in the Golan