Ebola travel ban could make things worse: US president Barack Obama

US president Barack Obama says proposals to ban travel from Ebola-ravaged countries in West Africa could make things worse.

A protester outside the White House urges a travel ban to stop the spread of the Ebola virus. (Credit: Reuters) 

US president Barack Obama is urging Americans to avoid hysteria over Ebola, saying proposals to ban travel from Ebola-ravaged countries in West Africa could make things worse.

Some politicians have been urging Mr Obama to bar people from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea from entering the United States.

RossFit - Rick Ross Dramatic Weight Loss

Rick Ross the boss shows off dramatic weight loss in his newly released pics

The Maybach Music Group chief has been working out tremendiously in his RossFit, His very own verion of the mostly popular CrossFit training program.

“I just wanted to get in some better shape, put myself in a better position,” he told Tim Westwood in May. “I still eat the way I want to eat…I just go to the gym. I do this shit called CrossFit. I call it ‘RossFit.’”

Making money off Ebola... SMH

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“But you could say the same thing about doctors. They can become very well-off treating very sick patients.” says — Jon Schultz, owner of the domain name Ebola.com, when questioned about wanting to profit off a disease that has killed more than 4,000 people worldwide. (At least one commentary calls it “parasitic capitalism.”) Schultz bought the domain name in 2008 for $13,000 and now wants to sell it for $150,000. His company, Blue String Ventures, also owns domains such as birdflu.com, which he tells the Washington Post is “worth way more than Ebola.com” because “that one’s airborne.” Schultz is hoping a pharmaceutical company might buy the Ebola domain, whose home page now contains links to articles and books about Ebola, including a link to donate to Doctors Without Borders.

Photo: Davido meets former president Olusegun Obasanjo

Davido and his friends met the former president at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya and shared the pic...

Joan Rivers cause of death released... Lack of oxygen supply to the brain

Now we finally know what killed legendary comedienne and Fashion Police host, Joan Rivers. It was lack of oxygen to the brain while under propofol

According to TMZ,

She died because she went into hypoxic arrest during her throat procedure ... cutting off oxygen to her brain -- but the medical examiner is calling it a "predictable complication."

The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner released its findings today, revealing that Joan was sedated with Propofol during the procedure.

[SPORT-FOOTBALL] Stephen Keshi's reaction when asked about his sack by the NFF

According to NTA News, this was former Super Eagles coach Stephen Keshi's reaction when he was asked about his sack by the Nigeria Football Federation...

Nurse Nina Pham To Be Transferred To NIH For Ebola Treatment

A top government health official confirms that Nina Pham, the 26-year-old nurse who became infected with Ebola after treating a patient with the disease at a Dallas hospital, will be transferred to a high-level containment facility at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said in testimony before a House committee that Pham will be admitted to the NIH tonight.

Nick Cannon says he's trying to be the best human he can be

Nick Cannon just turned 34 years old this month, and when asked how his new age feels, he said, "Old!" -- with a laugh.

"In my mind I'm still 19, so to hear 34, it's like, 'Oh wow.' I'm taking it one day at a time and having fun with it. We don't grow older, we grow wiser," Cannon told CBS News.

Halle Berry wants child support slashed because Gabriel Aubry has refused to get a job

Actress Halle Berry has gone to court asking them to slash her child support to baby daddy Gabriel Aubry because he has refused to get a job and depends entirely on the money she gives him...

According to TMZ, Halle Berry filed court docs this week asking a judge to reduce her monthly child support order from $16k a month down to $3k a month.

Halle is accusing Gabriel of abusing the system and insists their 6-year-old daughter Nahla's quality of life is being effected because he's living entirely off of child support and not showing a good example for their child. She said the model hasn't had a job in years and has refused to try. Halle and Gabriel have joint custody of Nahla.

Texas hospital 'deeply sorry' for Ebola mistakes after 1 patient dies, infects 2 nurses

Texas' Ebola nightmare started last month when Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital sent a feverish Thomas Eric Duncan home two days before it isolated him. Officials apologized Wednesday for not diagnosing him correctly earlier. One of the two nurses who treated Duncan and developed Ebola flew a day before she was diagnosed — but she might have been symptomatic on the plane, the CDC warned.

Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital admitted it made mistakes in its handling of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S.
Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital admitted it made mistakes in its handling of the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S.

The Texas hospital that sent a contagious Ebola patient home is saying sorry.

Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital admitted it not handle its first Ebola case correctly: two of its staffers who treated "patient zero" were infected with the virus, one of whom flew across the country just before she was diagnosed, setting off national panic of possible uncontained exposure.