Articles filed under Health Crises
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Sierra Leone registers rise in new Ebola casesFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - President Ernest Bai Koroma reinstated restrictions in Sierra Leone in response to the rise in confirmed cases of Ebola. Sierra Leone recor...
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UN plans decision in August on mass Ebola vaccine programFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization says a decision will be made in August whether to recommend a program of mass vaccination against Ebola in affected countries...
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US, Liberia start 1st formal test of ZMapp Ebola virus drugFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The U.S. and Liberian governments have just begun the first formal patient testing of an experimental Ebola virus treatment that's only been used on...
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S. Indiana HIV cases linked to needle-sharing up to 27Feb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana health officials say the number of people in five southern Indiana counties testing positive for HIV through needle-sharing among painkiller ...
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Experts blame anti-vaccine lobby for Bosnia measles outbreakFeb 26, 2015 10:00 pm - SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Medical experts warned Friday the anti-vaccination lobby is growing in Bosnia, using scientifically discredited arguments to stoke pa...
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Lake County health authorities issue alert of potential measles exposureFeb 26, 2015 12:00 am - Lake County health officials Thursday cautioned that anyone who visited or worked at a Menards store in Long Grove during about a seven-hour period on Feb. 15 may have b...
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Panel: Base quarantines, other outbreak decisions on scienceFeb 25, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Attempts to quarantine health workers returning from Ebola-stricken West Africa were a mistake, the president's bioethics advisers said Thursday. The U...
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Cook County confirms 15th measles caseFeb 25, 2015 12:00 am - The Cook County Department of Public Health confirmed another adult case of measles in the Northwest suburbs Wednesday, adding two more places of additional exposure to ...
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HIV outbreak in 5 Indiana counties linked to needle-sharingFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - More than two dozen people have tested positive for HIV in five southern Indiana counties during the past two months, and state health officials said...
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Ebola doctor: Media, politicians fueled the public's fearFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A doctor who contracted the deadly Ebola virus and rode the subway system and dined out before he developed symptoms said the media and politicians could...