Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Traditional healer returns to first Ebola-affected villageFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - MELIANDOU, Guinea (AP) - Here at ground zero of West Africa's Ebola outbreak, a local traditional healer returned to complete the removal of a curse residents believe co...
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UN health agency urges Europe to step up measles vaccinationFeb 24, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - The World Health Organization is urging Europe to step up measles vaccination efforts as countries report thousands of cases of the disease. WHO's regional...
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Toddler dies of measles in Berlin, first death in outbreakFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - BERLIN (AP) - An 18-month-old boy has died of measles in Berlin, the first known death in an outbreak of the disease that has seen more than 570 cases in the German capi...
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Pills before and after sex can help prevent HIV, study findsFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - For the first time, a study shows that a drug used to treat HIV infection also can help prevent it when taken before and after risky sex by gay men. The r...
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Youngster aids police recruiting effortFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - SIDNEY - The Sidney Police Department is getting some help from an enthusiastic youngster in recruiting applicants for police officer openings. Six-year-old Noah Bundy a...
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Merck grants free license for pediatric HIV drugFeb 23, 2015 10:00 pm - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Drugmaker Merck & Co. has granted a free license allowing one of its HIV medicines to be made and sold inexpensively for use in young children in po...