Articles filed under Health Crises
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CDC probing 109 liver illnesses in kids, including 5 deathsMay 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials are looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths. About tw...
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FDA restricts J&J's COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot riskMay 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clo...
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COVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs riseMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health care for all during the coronavirus pandemic - but for just one condition, COVID-19. Now, things...
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FDA restricts J&J's COVID-19 vaccine due to blood clot riskMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clo...
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Nearly 1 million COVID-19 deaths: A look at the US numbersMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - Doug Lambrecht was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. His demographic profile - an older white male with chronic health problems - m...
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Audit: Urgent response lacking in outbreak at veterans homeMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — Sluggishness, poor compliance with existing rules and little help from state public health officials crippled the response by Gov. J.B. Pritzker's administ...
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All suburban counties now at medium COVID-19 risk level, with DuPage approaching highMay 06, 2022 1:00 am - The Chicago Department of Public Health is urging masking indoors in public and on transit to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as cases spike, officials said Friday. Fourt...
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Bird flu takes unheard-of toll on bald eagles, other birdsMay 05, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bird flu is killing an alarming number of bald eagles and other wild birds, with many sick birds arriving at rehabilitation centers unsteady on their ...
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WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19May 05, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 15 million people were killed either by coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems duri...
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Virus found in pig heart used in human transplantMay 05, 2022 7:00 am - Researchers trying to learn what killed the first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig have discovered the organ harbored an animal virus but cannot yet say i...