Articles filed under Health Crises
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Studies raise questions about impact of menu calorie countsNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tracking calories at chain restaurants is supposed to become easier next year, but new studies raise questions about whether the counts actually make a...
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Many teen sex assault victims get subpar ER care, study saysNov 02, 2015 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Many sexually assaulted teens seeking emergency room care don't receive recommended tests and prevention treatments for pregnancy and venereal disease, ac...
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Move to spur pint-sized medical devices to treat sick kidsNov 01, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Improvise isn't a word parents want to hear from their kid's doctor. Yet pediatric specialists too often have to jury-rig care because many of the medi...
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Study: Racial gap in breast cancer diagnoses has closedOct 29, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - For decades, breast cancer has been less common in black women than white women, yet killed black women at a higher rate. One of those gaps has finally c...
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UN: More studies needed on new malaria shots before using itOct 23, 2015 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Vaccine experts advising the World Health Organization have recommended that further studies be done on a new malaria vaccine to figure out if officials ca...
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Ground broken for medical school in downtown EvansvilleOct 23, 2015 7:00 am - EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) - A medical school campus in downtown Evansville will soon start taking shape now that on-site work on the $60 million is underway. Officials broke...
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Nurse quarantined over Ebola fears sues Gov. Chris ChristieOct 22, 2015 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - A nurse who had contact with Ebola patients in West Africa and was quarantined at a New Jersey hospital when she returned sued Gov. Chris Christie a...
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UK doctors say nurse suffering Ebola relapse has improvedOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Doctors treating a Scottish nurse suffering from a rare relapse of Ebola say she has improved significantly and are hopeful she will make a full recovery. ...
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Marijuana use in US adults doubles in decade, surveys showOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Marijuana use among U.S. adults doubled over a decade, rising to almost 10 percent or more than 22 million mostly recreational users, government surveys s...
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Study shows value of knee replacement surgery, other optionsOct 21, 2015 7:00 am - People with knees worn out by arthritis will get more pain relief from joint replacement surgery, but it has more risks and there's a good chance that less drastic appro...