Articles filed under Health Crises
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Ebola-free Guinea clear for international soccer matchesJan 04, 2016 6:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - The African soccer confederation says it has ended a ban on Guinea hosting international matches after the country was declared free of Ebola. Health concer...
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Health insurer apologizes for early morning robocallsDec 30, 2015 6:00 am - QUINCY, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts health insurer is apologizing after sending automated phone calls to as many as 10,000 senior citizens in the wee hours of the morni...
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Guinea declared free of Ebola, step to end spread of diseaseDec 29, 2015 6:00 am - CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak over in Guinea Tuesday, a huge step in the fight against the world's largest epidemic an...
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Kids' asthma rates quiet down after earlier increase: StudyDec 28, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Asthma rates in U.S. children have quieted down after a decades-long increase, a government study found, and researchers are trying to pinpoint reasons th...
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Top stories in Northwest suburbs in 2015Dec 23, 2015 12:00 am - Schools were the source of the biggest news stories in the Northwest suburbs in 2015, with a battle over the locker room rights of a transgender student in District 211 ...
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Study: Some cardiac arrest victims ignore warning symptomsDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Sudden cardiac arrest may not always be so sudden: New research suggests a lot of people may ignore potentially life-saving warning signs hours, days, ...
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New advice on who qualifies for cholesterol-lowering statinsDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Considering a cholesterol-lowering statin to prevent a heart attack? Deciding who's a good candidate requires calculating more than a simple cholestero...
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Flu-stricken pope issues 'catalog of virtues' to CuriaDec 21, 2015 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats on Monday to show more honesty, humility and sobriety as he issued a Christmas-time "catalog of virtues" for t...
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Nicasa announces receipt of $100,000 challenge grantDec 20, 2015 10:00 pm - Nicasa has announced receipt of a $100,000 challenge grant from the Healthcare Foundation of Northern Lake County. The foundation will match new and increased donations...
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New rules bringing kidneys to hardest-to-transplant patientsDec 20, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A shake-up of the nation's kidney transplant system means more organs are getting to patients once thought nearly impossible to match, according to ear...