Articles filed under Health Crises
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Experts: 2014 was a busy, black-eye year for disease controlDec 29, 2014 4:55 am - NEW YORK - Health officials are celebrating some important victories in 2014, and Time magazine even named Ebola fighters the persons of the year. Nevertheless, this was...
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CDC monitoring tech for possible Ebola exposureDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - ATLANTA - A laboratory technician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was being monitored Wednesday for possible accidental exposure to the Ebola virus tha...
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Report: Ebola survival improving in Sierra LeoneDec 24, 2014 12:01 am - One year into the world's worst Ebola outbreak, doctors are reporting an encouraging sign: About 70 percent of patients in a hard-hit area of Sierra Leone now survive. ...
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Sierra Leone urges safe burials to stem EbolaDec 21, 2014 12:01 am - DAKAR, Senegal - The radio announcement is chilling and blunt: "If I die, I want the deaths to stop with me." Dr. Desmond Williams continues: "I want to give my family t...
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Flu worries prompt more Indiana hospitals limitsDec 20, 2014 12:01 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. - More Indiana hospitals are being advised to put temporary visitor restrictions in place to try to protect patients and staff from the flu virus. The F...
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Child being observed for Ebola symptoms after arriving at O'HareDec 19, 2014 12:01 am - Doctors are monitoring a child for Ebola virus symptoms after the youngster arrived at O'Hare International Airport with a fever. The child, who is in stable condition, ...
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10 million child deaths attributed to global lack of toiletsNov 30, 2014 6:44 am - In a world in which 14 percent of the population in the 21st century still defecate outdoors, children remain among the most vulnerable to a lack of toilets, contaminati...
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U.S. hospitals fear association with EbolaNov 29, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. officials trying to set up a network of hospitals in this country to care for Ebola patients are running into reluctance from facilities worried about...
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Brief infectious disease scare at Arlington Hts. clinicNov 28, 2014 12:01 am - A Northwest Community Hospital clinic in Arlington Heights went into a brief lockdown Friday after a patient who had recently been on a mission trip to Africa walked in ...
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Wolves GM leads charge against epilepsyNov 21, 2014 10:01 am - Matthew Young is just like any other 23-year-old. He's quick with a carefree laugh or a quip, and he's full of ambition and hope in his chosen profession as a freelance...