Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Report: Drug overdose deaths surged in 14 states last yearDec 18, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Drug overdose deaths surged in 14 states last year, pushing the nation to a record count, according to a government report released Friday. Rates went up...
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Flu season off to slower start this year; might be milderDec 18, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - This year's flu season seems like old times. There's not much flu going around so far - unlike the last three seasons when doctors' offices were filled w...
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Minnesota lifts final remaining bird flu quarantinesDec 15, 2015 6:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota has lifted the last remaining quarantines on poultry farms that were infected with a deadly form of bird flu, officials announced Tuesda...
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Who's too old for major treatment? Age not always a barrierDec 13, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Irwin Weiner felt so good after heart surgery a few weeks before turning 90 that he stopped for a pastrami sandwich on the way home from the hospital. Dor...
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Painkillers, heroin drive increase in US overdose deathsDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Drug overdoses rose again last year, driven by surges in deaths from heroin and powerful prescription painkillers, according to new federal statistics. O...
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Iran's health minister: Swine flu kills 42 across countryDec 10, 2015 6:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's healthy minister says an outbreak of swine flu has killed at least 42 people in the country over the past month. Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi say...