Articles filed under Health Crises
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Health department hosts World AIDS Day event Dec. 1Nov 19, 2014 10:00 pm - The Lake County Health Department/Community Health Center is collaborating with several local partners to provide a free event on World AIDS Day on Monday, Dec. 1, that ...
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Bono, Affleck stay silent in PSA on Ebola responseNov 19, 2014 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Bono, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck and Morgan Freeman are among celebrities playing the waiting game in a new online campaign calling for a unified response to ...
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Doctor hesitates, then returns to Ebola front lineNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - JOHANNESBURG - Returning last month to Sierra Leone to treat Ebola victims after a break, volunteer doctor Juli Switala was shocked to see the obituaries and photographs...
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Liberian couples marry, a sign of less Ebola fearNov 18, 2014 12:01 am - MONROVIA, Liberia - Robert Kollie and his fiancee postponed their October wedding as Ebola ravaged Liberia's capital. The government had warned people to avoid large gat...
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Surgeon with Ebola coming to US for careNov 14, 2014 12:01 am - FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - A surgeon working in Sierra Leone has been diagnosed with Ebola and will be flown Saturday to the United States for treatment, officials from Si...
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Clinical trials on tap for possible Ebola vaccineNov 13, 2014 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — A top U.S. health official says long-anticipated clinical trials of a possible Ebola vaccine will start soon in West Africa, as the global response to the o...
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Ebola workers ask Congress for helpNov 12, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Health workers on the front line of the Ebola crisis say the need for urgent help isn't letting up, as Congress begins considering President Barack Obama's ...
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Mike North video: Cubs, White Sox talk already?Nov 12, 2014 12:01 am - Mike North can tell the Bears season is over when he starts hearing questions about the Cubs and the White Sox in November. ...
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CDC: Fewer states seeing widespread swine fluDec 30, 2009 10:00 pm - ATLANTA -- Health officials say swine flu was widespread in only four states last week, indicating the fall wave of illness is still declining. Swine flu was widespread ...
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Lessons learned from H1N1 outbreakDec 22, 2009 10:00 pm - What a difference a couple months make. In October, our pages were filled with stories of how difficult it was to get the swine flu vaccine and fears were rampant that w...