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Second Texas health care worker tests positive for Ebola

DALLAS (AP) — A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease, the Texas Department of State […]

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US steps up domestic response to Ebola crisis

By JIM KUHNHENN WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is ramping up its response to the Ebola crisis after a second Dallas nurse became ill and it was disclosed that she had been cleared to fly […]

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Ebola screening measures rest on federal law

By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration’s plans to screen certain airline passengers for exposure to Ebola are based on the Constitution and long-established legal authority that would almost certainly stand up in court […]

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Ebola has ‘upper hand’ says US health official

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Ebola still has the “upper hand” in the outbreak that has killed more than 1,400 people in West Africa, but experts have the means to stop it, a top […]

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Liberian security forces seal slum to halt Ebola

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Security forces deployed Wednesday to enforce a quarantine around a slum in the Liberian capital, stepping up the government’s fight to stop the spread of Ebola and unnerving residents. […]

Sports

Ebola: 3 athletes can’t compete at Youth Olympics

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 […]

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Ebola kills top Liberian doctor, American infected

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — One of Liberia’s most high-profile doctors has died of Ebola, officials said Sunday, and an American physician was being treated for the deadly virus, highlighting the risks facing health […]