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Ebola may leave 1 million in need of food help 08/16/2014 03:42am • BOUBACAR DIALLO Associated Press CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) -- The deadly Ebola virus that has killed more than 1,000 in West Africa is disrupting the flow of goods, forcing the United Nations to plan food convoys for up to a million people as hunger threatens the largely impoverished area.Amid roadblocks US Basketball: No Africa trip after Ebola outbreak 08/15/2014 08:20pm • BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer The U.S. national team has canceled a trip to Senegal after the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.The Americans were scheduled to interrupt their World Cup of Basketball preparations to travel to the African continent for the first time, conducting a joint clinic on Au Ebola: 3 athletes can't compete at Youth Olympics 08/15/2014 06:50pm • NANJING, China (AP) -- Three teenage athletes from the Ebola-affected region of Africa will not be allowed to compete at the Youth Olympics in China because of the risk of possible infection, the IOC and local organizers said Friday.All athletes and officials from the four West African nations affec Ebola: Questions, answers about an unproven drug 08/15/2014 05:08pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- An experimental Ebola drug has been used to treat two American aid workers and a Spanish missionary priest. Could Liberian doctors be next?The Liberian government said Monday that it will receive doses of the drug to treat two doctors in the coun Stocks dive on Ukraine news...SeaWorld plans bigger killer whale tanks...Ebola drug research 08/15/2014 03:30pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks were headed higher this morning, but reports of renewed fighting in Ukraine have sent the main indexes down sharply in afternoon trading. The Dow has fallen as much as 125 points from yesterday's close, while the broader indexes have seen similar drops. John Canally at LPL Fi WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • SARAH DiLORENZO Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis to c WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis WHO: Ebola toll may 'vastly underestimate' crisis 08/15/2014 06:46am • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization said Thursday. The U.N. health agency said it was prepared for the crisis Nigeria confirms 1 more Ebola case 08/15/2014 03:00am • BASHIR ADIGUN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria has one more confirmed Ebola case, a nurse who was treating the Liberian-American who flew into the country with the disease and died of it last month, the health minister announced Monday.The nurse tested positive for the Ebola virus ove NewLink Genetics: Ready to test Ebola vaccine 08/14/2014 06:40pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer An Iowa drug developer is preparing to test a possible Ebola vaccine in humans, as scientists race to develop ways to prevent or fight a virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in a West African outbreak.NewLink Genetics is planning an initial phase of testing invo NewLink Genetics: Ready to test Ebola vaccine 08/14/2014 06:40pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer An Iowa drug developer is preparing to test a possible Ebola vaccine in humans, as scientists race to develop ways to prevent or fight a virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in a West African outbreak.NewLink Genetics is planning an initial phase of testing invo NewLink Genetics: Ready to test Ebola vaccine 08/14/2014 06:40pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer An Iowa drug developer is preparing to test a possible Ebola vaccine in humans, as scientists race to develop ways to prevent or fight a virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in a West African outbreak.NewLink Genetics is planning an initial phase of testing invo NewLink Genetics: Ready to test Ebola vaccine 08/14/2014 06:40pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer An Iowa drug developer is preparing to test a possible Ebola vaccine in humans, as scientists race to develop ways to prevent or fight a virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in a West African outbreak.NewLink Genetics is planning an initial phase of testing invo NewLink Genetics: Ready to test Ebola vaccine 08/14/2014 06:40pm • TOM MURPHY AP Business Writer An Iowa drug developer is preparing to test a possible Ebola vaccine in humans, as scientists race to develop ways to prevent or fight a virus that has killed more than 1,000 people in a West African outbreak.NewLink Genetics is planning an initial phase of testing invo