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2 Orlando hospital workers test negative for MERS 05/14/2014 06:40pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Two employees tested negative for a rare virus days after coming into contact with a Saudi resident infected with the second confirmed MERS case in the U.S., a spokeswoman for an Orlando hospital said Wednesday.One of the two employees tested after showing symptoms of Middle Ea Denver airport signs warn travelers of MERS virus 05/14/2014 05:14pm • DENVER (AP) -- Travelers passing through Denver International Airport are being warned about the danger of the MERS virus.The airport says the signs were posted Wednesday at all of its screening areas at the direction of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The signs list the symptoms of t Pakistan: Polio vaccine a must for exit travelers 05/14/2014 10:50am • ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan will require all travelers leaving the country to obtain a polio vaccination from June 1, 2014, the health ministry said Tuesday.A statement from the ministry said the restrictions comply with a decision by the World Health Organization advising travelers of all ages to be Mets call up pitching prospect deGrom as reliever 05/13/2014 09:10pm • HOWIE RUMBERG AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) -- The Mets called up right-hander Jacob deGrom from Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday, making him the first of several talented young arms expected to help solidify New York's pitching staff this season.DeGrom will work out of the bullpen even though he was Florida MERS patient still has fever 05/13/2014 02:30pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) -- Employees at two Orlando hospitals who came in contact with a Saudi resident infected by the second confirmed U.S. case of a rare virus are being monitored for symptoms and have been told to stay home for two weeks, health officials said Tuesday.Fifteen hospital workers at Dr. Mets bump Mejia to bullpen, will bring up Montero 05/13/2014 01:32am • NEW YORK (AP) -- So much for easing in the new kid.Rafael Montero was handed quite an assignment by the New York Mets for his major league debut: a Subway Series start against the crosstown rival Yankees.The Mets bumped Jenrry Mejia to the bullpen Monday, a move he was reluctant to make, and said Mo The doctor will see you now via webcam, smartphone 05/13/2014 01:00am • WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mark Matulaitis holds out his arms so the Parkinson's specialist can check his tremors. But this is no doctor's office: Matulaitis sits in his rural Maryland home as a neurologist a few hundred miles away examines him via the camera in his laptop.Welcome to the virtual house call, Officials: 2nd US case of MERS reported 05/12/2014 09:40pm • The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Health officials have confirmed a second U.S. case of a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East.The latest case is not an American -- he is a resident of Saudi Arabia, visiting Florida, who is now in an Orlando hospital.He was diagnosed w Saudi Arabia urges MERS precautions around camels 05/11/2014 03:20pm • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia on Sunday warned those dealing with camels to take precautions as the number of infections in the kingdom from a respiratory illness linked to the animals rises further.The Ministry of Agriculture urged people who come in contact with camels to "exercise cau New effort to halt spread of HIV in the Caribbean 05/11/2014 12:50pm • DAVID McFADDEN Associated Press KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- A handful of sex workers sit on discarded cardboard along a filthy sewer channel, sharing food and razors to shave their legs and faces as they prepare for the night's labor on the streets of Jamaica's capital.Gay sex and prostitution is ille Saudi Arabia reports 5 more deaths from MERS 05/10/2014 08:58am • ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Five more people have died in Saudi Arabia after contracting an often fatal Middle East respiratory virus as the number of new infections in the kingdom climbs higher, health officials confirmed Thursday.The Saudi health ministry said House votes to start new Benghazi investigation 05/09/2014 03:40am • BRADLEY KLAPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republicans on Thursday rammed through a measure opening a new investigation of the deadly assault in Benghazi, Libya, vowing to dig deeper in a search for truth. Democrats declared it merely a political ploy to raise campaign cash and motiva Lebanon records first case of MERS virus 05/09/2014 03:26am • BEIRUT (AP) -- Lebanon has recorded its first case of the often-fatal Middle East respiratory virus, the Health Ministry said Friday.The virus was detected Thursday in a man who had checked into a local hospital after feeling ill, the ministry said. It said the case was not severe, and the man has s The difficulty in containing the deadly Ebola virus 05/08/2014 01:02pm • Dr. Drew, One Minute Clinic UN: Spread of polio now a world health emergency 05/08/2014 12:00pm • MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) -- For the first time ever, the World Health Organization on Monday declared the spread of polio an international public health emergency that could grow in the next few months and unravel the nearly three-decade effort to eradicate the crippling disease.The