Articles filed under Health Crises
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It's flu vaccine time and seniors need revved-up shotsOct 03, 2022 7:00 am - Doctors have a message for vaccine-weary Americans: Don't skip your flu shot this fall -- and seniors, ask for a special extra-strength kind. After flu hit historicall...
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Ringo tour on hold as he recovers from COVID-19Oct 03, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Ringo Starr has tested positive for COVID-19, forcing the former Beatle to cancel several scheduled concerts in Canada with his All Starr Band. Five concert d...
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NIH to fund unproven ALS drugs under patient-backed lawOct 01, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When patients with a deadly diagnosis and few treatment options have tried to get unapproved, experimental drugs, they have long faced a dilemma: Who w...
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Some officials now say monkeypox elimination unlikely in USSep 30, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon. The disease's spread is slowing but the virus is so wide...
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Illinois surpasses 35,000 COVID-19 deaths: Where its mortality rate ranks nationallySep 30, 2022 1:00 am - COVID-19 is now responsible for the deaths of more than 35,000 Illinois residents, state public health officials reported Friday. Illinois Department of Public Health re...
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DuPage Care Van to offer vaccines, boosters at Wheaton church Oct. 19Sep 29, 2022 11:00 pm - Adults and children, ages 6 months or older, can receive their initial doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and all those eligible can receive the new Pfizer Bivalent booster ...
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ALS drug wins FDA approval despite questionable dataSep 29, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig's disease won U.S. approval Thursday, a long-sought victory for patients that is likely to renew questions about the...
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Aurora VA Clinic to offer special Saturday flu vaccinations on Oct. 1 and 15Sep 28, 2022 11:00 pm - Aurora VA Clinic will offer Saturday flu vaccinations on Oct. 1 and Oct. 15, from 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. Vaccinations are open to veterans enrolled in VA healthcare and CHA...
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Alzheimer's drug shows promise in early results of studySep 28, 2022 7:00 am - Shares of Biogen and other drugmakers researching Alzheimer's disease soared Wednesday after Japan's Eisai Co. said its potential treatment appeared to slow the fatal di...
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Study tries to see if child vaccines and asthma are linkedSep 27, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A number of scientists have wondered if aluminum, a vaccine additive that has been used for decades, had a role in allergies and asthma in children. A ne...