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US gov't had role in Ebola drug given aid workers 08/07/2014 03:32pm • MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Two American aid workers infected with Ebola are getting an experimental drug so novel it has never been tested for safety in humans and was only identified as a potential treatment earlier this year, thanks to a longstanding research program by the U.S. go Saudi being tested for Ebola dies in hospital 08/07/2014 02:00pm • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- A Saudi national, who fell ill after returning from Sierra Leone, died early Wednesday in his hospital isolation ward where he was being tested for the Ebola virus, said the Saudi Health Ministry.The 40-year-old returned on Sunday from Sierra Leone, where there has been How does Ebola virus spread and can it be stopped? 08/07/2014 01:40pm • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- As a deadly Ebola outbreak continues in West Africa, health officials are working to calm fears about how the virus spreads, while encouraging those with symptoms to get medical care. Typically, outbreaks of the disease have been in other parts of the con Ethical issue: Who gets experimental Ebola drug? 08/07/2014 12:20pm • LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The use of an experimental drug to treat two Americans diagnosed with Ebola is raising ethical questions about who gets first access to unproven new therapies for the deadly disease. But some health experts fear debate over extremely limited dose Nigeria rushes to get isolation tents for Ebola 08/07/2014 06:20am • MARAM MAZAN Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigerian authorities rushed to obtain isolation tents Wednesday in anticipation of more Ebola infections as they disclosed five more cases of the virus and a death in Africa's most populous nation, where officials were racing to keep the gruesome d Priest with Ebola virus in stable condition 08/07/2014 05:52am • CIARAN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) -- A Spanish missionary priest who tested positive for the Ebola virus was in stable condition after being evacuated from Liberia, health officials said Thursday.The priest, Miguel Pajares, was helping to treat people infected with Ebola and was one of three BA suspends flights to Liberia amid Ebola outbreak 08/07/2014 04:10am • LONDON (AP) -- British Airways says it has temporarily suspended flights to and from Liberia and Sierra Leone until the end of August because of the worsening outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus.The airline had been flying four times per week to the two countries, traveling first to Freetown before c As summit closes, Obama hails US-Africa ties 08/07/2014 03:14am • JULIE PACE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Though noting persistent challenges, President Barack Obama heralded Africa as a continent on the rise and a growth market for U.S. businesses as he closed an unprecedented summit Wednesday aimed in part at fostering his own African legacy.The summit al New York hospital patient tests negative for Ebola 08/06/2014 09:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) -- A man who appeared at a New York hospital with a high fever and gastrointestinal symptoms after a visit to West Africa has tested negative for the Ebola virus, health officials said Wednesday.The man, who recently traveled to a country where Ebola has been reported, has been kept in Obama: Public health focus can curb Ebola outbreak 08/06/2014 07:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama says the Ebola virus is controllable with standard public health measures and the U.S. is working with allies to send additional medical workers to West Africa.The use of an experimental drug to treat American aid workers raises ethical questions about who s 3 birds at Virginia Zoo die due to viral infection 08/06/2014 03:30pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- The Virginia Zoo says three cassowary chicks have died due to a mosquito-borne viral infection.The chicks were 28 days old and succumbed to Eastern Equine Encephalitis. Zoo officials say they died on July 17.One of the parent birds has also died, but officials say test results h Feds watch airline passengers for Ebola symptoms 08/06/2014 10:48am • ANNE FLAHERTY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- Federal agents at U.S. airports are watching travelers from Africa for flu-like symptoms that could be tied to the recent Ebola outbreak, as delegations from some 50 countries arrive in the nation's capital for a leadership summit this week.Border pa Spain sends jet to pick up priest with Ebola virus 08/06/2014 10:30am • MADRID (AP) -- Spain has sent a medically-equipped jet to Liberia to bring home a Spanish missionary priest who has tested positive for the Ebola virus, officials said Wednesday.The priest, Miguel Pajares, will be treated at a hospital in Madrid after he arrives but public health general director Me Saudi Arabia tests man suspected of having Ebola 08/06/2014 08:40am • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia said Tuesday it is testing a man for the Ebola virus after he showed symptoms of the viral hemorrhagic fever following a recent trip to Sierra Leone.The Health Ministry said the symptoms appeared in the 40-year-old Saudi man at a hospital in the western city 2nd American aid worker with Ebola arrives in US 08/06/2014 06:34am • KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) -- An American aid worker infected with Ebola arrived Tuesday in Atlanta, joining a second patient being given an experimental treatment that has never before been tested on humans.Nancy Writebol, 59, traveled from Monrovia, Liberia, to Emory University Ho