Articles filed under Health Crises
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US allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer's COVID-19 pillJul 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that's intended to expand use of P...
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Juul, FDA suspend court case while e-cigarette ban on holdJul 06, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration and Juul agreed Wednesday to put their court fight on hold while the government reopens its review of the company's el...
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U.S. allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizer's COVID-19 pillJul 06, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON — Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that's intended to expand use of Pfizer...
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CDC: Florida ice cream possible source of listeria outbreakJul 05, 2022 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - The estate of an Illinois woman who died earlier this year from a listeria infection filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against a Florida ice cream company tha...
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FDA temporarily suspends order banning Juul cigarettesJul 05, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration issued an administrative stay Tuesday on the order it issued last month for vaping company Juul to pull its electronic...
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DuPage County CareVan comes to Villa Park for vaccine clinic for kidsJul 02, 2022 11:00 pm - On Sunday, July 10, Cornerstone Chinese Church in Villa Park is hosting a free COVID vaccine clinic for young children and up with the DuPage County Care Van. The Care V...
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Medication abortion is common; here's how it worksJul 02, 2022 7:00 am - Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. These involve taking two prescrip...
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For now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19Jul 02, 2022 7:00 am - The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations. COVID-19 is still k...
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Monkeypox cases triple in Europe, WHO says, Africa concernedJul 01, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization's Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox cases in the region have tripled in the last two weeks and urged countries to do ...
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COVID cases up by more than 30% in Britain last weekJul 01, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The number of new coronavirus cases across Britain has surged by more than 30% in the last week, new data showed Friday, with cases largely driven by the s...