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CDC director: Scale of Ebola crisis unprecedented 08/10/2014 11:30am • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The current Ebola crisis in West Africa is on pace to sicken more people than all other previous outbreaks of the disease combined, the health official leading the U.S. response said Thursday.The next few weeks will be critical, said Dr. Tom Frie A guide for fliers worried about Ebola outbreak 08/10/2014 09:36am • SCOTT MAYEROWITZ AP Airlines Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- As the Ebola outbreak in West Africa worsens, airlines around the globe are closely monitoring the situation but have yet to make any drastic changes. Below are some key questions about the disease, what airlines are doing and how safe it is to fl Saudi Health Ministry: Suspected Ebola victim did not have virus 08/10/2014 09:29am • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says a man who died last week after returning from Sierra Leone did not have the Ebola virus, according to initial international laboratory results.The Health Ministry says samples submitted to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve Saudi Health Ministry: Suspected Ebola victim did not have virus 08/10/2014 09:29am • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says a man who died last week after returning from Sierra Leone did not have the Ebola virus, according to initial international laboratory results.The Health Ministry says samples submitted to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preve FDA lifts hold on experimental Ebola drug 08/09/2014 10:00am • MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. health authorities have eased safety restrictions on an experimental drug to treat Ebola, a move that could clear the way for its use in patients infected with the deadly virus.Canadian drugmaker Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. said the U.S. Foo Nigeria declares national emergency over Ebola 08/09/2014 05:40am • BASHIR ADIGUN Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's president has declared the containment of the Ebola virus in Africa's most populous nation a national emergency, his office said in a statement Friday, after the health ministry announced two more confirmed cases.The relevant agencies m Lack of experience fuels West Africa Ebola crisis 08/09/2014 04:46am • RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- When Ebola hit Uganda two years ago -- the third outbreak in a dozen years -- the president quickly went on TV and urged Ugandans to avoid touching each other. Health officials speedily quarantined people. The quick reactions by authorities an Spain priest with Ebola stable in Madrid hospital 08/08/2014 10:28pm • CIARAN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for the Ebola virus was in stable condition at a Madrid hospital on Thursday after being evacuated from Liberia, health officials said.The priest, Miguel Pajares, 75, was helping to treat people infected wit US Embassy workers' relatives to leave Monrovia 08/08/2014 03:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department is ordering all eligible family members of U.S. personnel to leave the American Embassy in Liberia's capital city because of the Ebola outbreak.In a statement issued Thursday night, the State Department says it's taking the action for those not employed by the Africans face long wait for unproven Ebola drug 08/08/2014 01:12pm • JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Africans seeking a drug to help contain the Ebola virus will have to wait months before a potentially life-saving experimental treatment used on two infected Americans is produced even in small amounts, officials said.And there are no g West Nile virus found in Va. Beach mosquitoes 08/08/2014 06:50am • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) -- Virginia Beach officials says mosquitoes in some parts of the city have tested positive for West Nile virus.Media outlets report the testing occurred over the past three weeks.West Nile is spread by mosquitoes and can lead to severe headaches and dizziness.Officials say t Washington's Top News - Friday, August 8, 2014 08/08/2014 03:25am • Here's a look at some of the day's top stories from WTOP: Obama authorizes renewed airstrikes in Iraq President Obama has staked much of his legacy on ending what he has called the "dumb war" in Iraq, but Thursday night he announced that he had authorized airstrikes in the northern part of the cou Quotations in the News 08/08/2014 03:07am • The Associated Press "As commander in chief, I will not allow the United States to be dragged into fighting another war in Iraq." -- President Barack Obama, who authorized U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, warning they would be launched if needed to defend Americans from advancing Islamic militants Britain pledges new funding to contain Ebola 08/07/2014 09:08pm • LONDON (AP) -- Britain has announced 3 million pounds (US$5 million) in new funding to help contain the spread of Ebola in West Africa.International Development Secretary Justine Greening says Britain will provide 1.25 million pounds to help the governments of Sierra Leone and Liberia boost their na Troops deployed in hopes of preventing Ebola spread 08/07/2014 05:10pm • MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) -- Officials in western Africa are taking increasingly desperate measures to stop the spread of Ebola.In Liberia, troops in full combat gear were deployed in the rain today to block people traveling to the country's capital from rural areas hit by the deadly disease. 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