Articles filed under Health Crises
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Liberia removes Ebola crematorium as outbreak is containedMar 07, 2015 10:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Marking the progress in controlling its Ebola outbreak, the Liberian government dismantled a crematorium and removed drums containing the ashes ...
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Public takes advantage of free measles vaccinationMar 06, 2015 12:00 am - The Cook County Department of Public Health Friday held the first of two free measles vaccination clinics at a Palatine church in an effort to stop the recent outbreak o...
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Sierra Leone's ruling party expels vice presidentMar 05, 2015 10:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Sierra Leone's Vice President Samuel Sam-Sumana has been expelled from the ruling party, the national broadcaster reported late Friday. The...
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8-year-old leukemia survivor meets her stem cell donor from AustriaMar 05, 2015 12:00 am - With her parents beside her Thursday, 8-year-old leukemia survivor Sabrina Chahir gleefully met the third person to whom she owes her life. Maximilian Eule, a 30-year-ol...
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WHO to begin large-scale testing of Ebola vaccine in GuineaMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization will start large-scale testing of an experimental Ebola vaccine in Guinea on Saturday to see how effective it might be in pre...
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Last Ebola patient is released in LiberiaMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia released its last Ebola patient, a 58-year old teacher, from a treatment center on Thursday, beginning its countdown to being declared E...
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Liberia releases last Ebola patient; Countdown to being declared Ebola free beginsMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) - Liberia releases last Ebola patient; Countdown to being declared Ebola free begins . ...
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After Ebola ban, N. Korea opens marathon to foreignersMar 04, 2015 10:00 pm - TOKYO (AP) - After lifting travel restrictions it imposed because of concerns over the Ebola virus, North Korea says foreigners can now take part in one of its most popu...
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Flu winds down as FDA aims for better vaccine next winterMar 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - The miserable flu season is winding down but not quite over yet, health officials said Wednesday, even as the government picked what it hoped would be ...
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Report: As Ebola wanes, other countries remain vulnerableMar 02, 2015 10:00 pm - N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Arriving airline passengers lined up outdoors to have their temperatures checked, the screens in the nighttime darkness like glowing lightning bug...