Articles filed under Health Crises
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Batavia woman's outreach to drug addicts is gaining acceptanceApr 08, 2019 5:30 am - Lyndsay Hartman spends Saturday afternoons sitting in front of death and trying not to think about it. She loads up her vehicle with needles, Narcan and fentanyl test s...
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Testing for cancer-causing agent to begin June 1 in Gurnee, WaukeganApr 08, 2019 1:00 am - Testing for cancer-causing ethylene oxide in the air surrounding manufacturing facilities in Gurnee and Waukegan is expected to begin June 1, Lake County health official...
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College student's toughest assignment - finding a new kidneyApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Writing data quickly onto a page in her three-ring binder, 22-year-old college student Ally Hembd treats this assignment as a matter of life and death. “I could technica...
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From iffy first date to a literal 'perfect match' for kidney donationApr 06, 2019 1:00 am - Their one date in 2001, when Vikki Marazzo was a 15-year-old high school girl and Harl Morgan was a 19-year-old man, featured a walk around downtown St. Charles and a co...
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Autopsy: Migrant boy who died in US had flu infectionApr 04, 2019 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - An autopsy report confirmed that an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died while in custody of the U.S. Border Patrol on Christmas Eve succumbed to ...
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Study challenges health benefits of moderate drinkingApr 04, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - It might just be enough to kill your buzz: A new study challenges the idea that a drink or two a day could actually be good for you. In a study conducted i...
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People living with incurable cancers urge more researchApr 03, 2019 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Tom Smith hesitated to buy light bulbs guaranteed for up to 10 years, thinking they'd outlast him. Terry Langbaum debated filling a prescription for a $13...
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Study: Safe to transplant hepatitis C-infected hearts, lungsApr 03, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected lungs and hearts into people desperate for a new organ, say researchers who may have found a way to ...
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US investigates seizure risk with electronic cigarettesApr 03, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials are investigating whether electronic cigarettes may trigger seizures in some people who use the nicotine-vaping devices. The Food...
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WHO says Ebola cases rising in eastern Congo after violenceApr 02, 2019 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization says Ebola is on the rise in eastern Congo following a series of attacks on health facilities. WHO spokesman Christian Lindme...