Articles filed under Health Crises
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Abbott restarts baby formula plant linked to contaminationJun 04, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Abbott Nutrition has restarted production at the Michigan baby formula factory that has been closed for months due to contamination, the company said S...
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2 monkeypox strains in US suggest possible undetected spreadJun 03, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the U.S., health officials said Friday, raising the possibility tha...
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Second probable case of monkeypox found in ChicagoJun 03, 2022 1:00 am - A second probable case of monkeypox has been found in Chicago, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday. The second case was a close contact of the first pos...
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As COVID-19 in Illinois teens and kids rises, under-5 vaccines may come June 21. But where?Jun 03, 2022 1:00 am - The number of teenagers and children contracting COVID-19 has spiked by 64.6% since the beginning of 2022 and now that demographic represents nearly one-quarter of all c...
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Novavax hopes its COVID shot wins over FDA, vaccine holdoutsJun 02, 2022 7:00 am - GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) - Americans may soon get a new COVID-19 vaccine option -- shots made with a more tried-and-true technology than today's versions. The big question...
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Melatonin poisoning reports are up in kids, study saysJun 02, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Researchers are drawing attention to a rise in poisonings in children involving the sleep aid melatonin - including a big jump during the pandemic. Last ...
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State's first presumed monkeypox case surfaces in ChicagoJun 02, 2022 1:00 am - Illinois and Chicago health officials announced the state's first probable case of monkeypox Thursday. The male Chicagoan who contracted the virus recently traveled to E...
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WHO believes COVID getting worse, not better in North KoreaJun 01, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency assumes the coronavirus outbreak in North Korea is 'œgetting worse, not better,...
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Novel genetic experiment shrinks tough-to-treat cancerJun 01, 2022 7:00 am - In a novel experiment, a woman with advanced pancreatic cancer saw her tumors dramatically shrink after researchers in Oregon turbocharged her own immune cells, highligh...
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Africans see inequity in monkeypox response elsewhereJun 01, 2022 7:00 am - OSUN, Nigeria (AP) - As health authorities in Europe and elsewhere roll out vaccines and drugs to stamp out the biggest monkeypox outbreak beyond Africa, some doctors ac...