Articles filed under Health Crises
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Brandon Marshall mental health awareness ride coming back to NapervilleMay 10, 2015 11:00 pm - What do Brandon Marshall, mental health and Harley-Davidsons have in common? Trick question. The answer, in some ways, is nothing. But in other ways, it's everything. A...
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Constable: Why Mom is secretly a hero, like this Long Grove cancer survivorMay 10, 2015 7:45 am - Many children don't realize their mother's secret identity until they grow into adults themselves. They have kids of their own, face the struggles of life, try to hold i...
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Recovery from heroin addiction 'a family effort'May 10, 2015 7:30 am - Recovery from heroin addiction 'a family effort'
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'We Need Help:' Aid scarce in quake-hit Nepal villagesMay 02, 2015 1:00 am - Associated Press PAUWATHOK, Nepal - At the entrance of this destroyed mountain village, a wooden sign stands, cobbled together from debris of homes flattened by Nepal's ...
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Intersex surgeries spark a move away from drastic treatmentApr 20, 2015 4:00 am - She was born to a young Chicago couple, named Jennifer, and grew into a beautiful long-lashed child with wavy dark hair, big brown eyes and a yearning, youthful desire t...
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Cases of dog respiratory disease on riseApr 03, 2015 1:00 am - More than 1,000 cases of canine infectious respiratory disease and five fatalities have been reported in Cook County, authorities say. The Cook County Department of Anim...
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Schaumburg donor drive seeks match for oncology nurseMar 27, 2015 5:30 am - The family of a longtime oncology nurse battling leukemia is holding a stem cell donor drive in Schaumburg Sunday hoping to help her find a cure. The “Be The Match Regis...
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Editorial: Arlington Hts. nonprofit fights to save heroin addicts, one naloxone injector at a timeMar 27, 2015 1:00 am - In a nondescript little office on the north side of Arlington Heights, history is being made in the war on heroin overdose. For the first time, the lifesaving drug nalo...
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Suburbs' first OD awareness clinic opens in Arlington Hts.Mar 26, 2015 5:30 am - Addicts, family members, police and anyone else with a need can be trained and take home the tools to save someone from an opiate overdose at the suburbs' first walk-in ...
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Liberia: Families of health workers killed by Ebola get $5kMar 18, 2015 11:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia's government has begun making payments to the families of health workers who died of Ebola in the world's worst ever outbreak, an offici...