Articles filed under Health Crises
-
Deadly bird flu returns to Midwest earlier than expectedAug 31, 2022 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Bird flu has returned to the Midwest earlier than authorities expected after a lull of several months, with the highly pathogenic disease being detect...
-
US clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variantsAug 31, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today's most common omicron strain. Shots could begin...
-
US life expectancy plunged again in 2021, down nearly a yearAug 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. life expectancy dropped for the second consecutive year in 2021, falling by nearly a year from 2020, according to a government report being released...
-
WHO: New COVID cases, deaths keep falling nearly everywhereAug 31, 2022 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization des...
-
U.S. clears updated COVID boosters targeting newest variantsAug 31, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today's most common omicron strain. Shots could begin...
-
FDA chief says long-awaited opioid review still in the worksAug 30, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A long-awaited review of prescription opioid medications, including their risks and contribution to the U.S. overdose epidemic, is still underway at th...
-
WHO director in Asia accused of racism, abuse put on leaveAug 30, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization's top director in the Western Pacific, Dr. Takeshi Kasai, has been indefinitely removed from his post, according to internal ...
-
Tea drinkers enjoy possible health benefits, study suggestsAug 30, 2022 7:00 am - A cup of tea just got a bit more relaxing. Tea can be part of a healthy diet and people who drink tea may even be a little more likely to live longer than those who don...
-
Women race political clock, cross state lines for abortionsAug 30, 2022 7:00 am - DAYTON, OHIO (AP) - In the dim light of a clinic ultrasound room, Monica Eberhart reclines on an exam table as a nurse moves a probe across her belly. Waves of fetal car...
-
Cook County resident in late 70s is state's first person to die of West Nile virus in 2022Aug 30, 2022 1:00 am - A Cook County resident is the first person in Illinois to die of West Nile virus so far this year, state officials said Tuesday. The person, whose identity was not relea...