Articles filed under Health Crises
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Condition of hospitalized Ebola nurse in UK worsensOct 14, 2015 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - London's Royal Free Hospital says the condition of a nurse being treated for complications resulting from Ebola has worsened. The hospital said in a statem...
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Dietary supplements send 23,000 to hospitals each year in USOct 14, 2015 7:00 am - Many claim to be natural, which may sound safe, but dietary supplements send 23,000 Americans to hospital emergency rooms each year, a new federal study estimates. The r...
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Study: Calcium, vitamin D pills don't prevent colon growthsOct 14, 2015 7:00 am - A major study finds that taking calcium or Vitamin D pills does not help prevent growths that can lead to colon cancer in people who have had at least one in the past. I...
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Correction: Gun violence research storyOct 12, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Oct. 12 about gun violence research, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Newtown, Connecticut, was the deadliest mass slaying at a ...
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Dissolving stent for heart arteries passes first large testOct 12, 2015 7:00 am - Now you see it, now you don't. A new type of heart stent that works like dissolving stitches, slowly going away after it has done its job, passed its first major test in...
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Stressors 'significantly' growing for policeOct 12, 2015 5:30 am - Second of two parts One moment a police officer may find himself in a high-speed pursuit of a robbery suspect. The next he could be consoling a young victim of sexual ab...
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New mental health approach for police: Offering solutionsOct 11, 2015 7:45 am - Officers receiving more training for mental health emergencies
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Boom in gene-editing studies amid ethics debate over its useOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The hottest tool in biology has scientists using words like revolutionary as they describe the long-term potential: wiping out certain mosquitoes that ...
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Johnson & Johnson starts Ebola vaccine trial in Sierra LeoneOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) - Johnson & Johnson has begun clinical trials for an Ebola vaccine in Sierra Leone. The vaccine regimen is part of a new study being conducted i...
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Gene editing: Research spurs debate over promise vs. ethicsOct 09, 2015 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The hottest tool in biology has scientists using words like revolutionary as they describe the long-term potential: wiping out certain mosquitoes that ...