Articles filed under Health Crises
-
Health authorities: 3 new Ebola cases in LiberiaNov 20, 2015 6:00 am - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Three new Ebola cases have been confirmed in Liberia, a health official said Friday, more than two months after the West African nation was decl...
-
Lab-grown vocal cords offer hope of treating voice disordersNov 18, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - From mom's comforting croon to a shout of warning, our voices are the main way we communicate and one we take for granted unless something goes wrong. ...
-
NIH to retire the last of government-owned research chimpsNov 18, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Institutes of Health is sending its last remaining research chimpanzees into retirement - as soon as a federal sanctuary has room for them...
-
Correction: AMA-Ad Ban storyNov 18, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - In a story Nov. 17 about the American Medical Association calling for a ban on direct-to-consumer prescription drug ads, The Associated Press misidentifie...
-
Suburban campaigns aim to curb prescription drug overdosesNov 18, 2015 4:00 am - A parent has a tooth pulled and fills a prescription for a 90-day supply of Vicodin. Taking three pills in the days after the surgery, the patient soon feels fine and s...
-
Guinea begins countdown to end of Ebola after nearly 2 yearsNov 17, 2015 6:00 am - CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) - Authorities have started the countdown to the end of Ebola in Guinea, the last country still reporting cases after nearly two years and more than ...
-
Less prostate cancer and screening seen after new guidanceNov 17, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Far fewer U.S. men are being diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer and getting blood tests to detect the disease since an influential government-appo...
-
CDC: US sexually transmitted disease epidemic worseningNov 17, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A U.S. sexually transmitted diseases epidemic is increasing and the most common infection, chlamydia, has risen to record levels, government officials say...
-
AMA: Pot use in pregnancy may pose risks, warnings neededNov 16, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Warning: Marijuana use during pregnancy and breast-feeding poses potential harms. That message would be written on medical and recreational marijuana prod...
-
Transplant gives new face, scalp to burned firefighterNov 16, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A volunteer firefighter badly burned in a 2001 blaze has received the most extensive face transplant ever, covering his skull and much of his neck, a New...