Articles filed under Health Crises
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About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey findsFeb 27, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, government researchers said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Pre...
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Personal accounts: How coronavirus affected local travelers in ItalyFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - The coronavirus disease caused changes from small to major for Daily Herald staffers and their family members visiting Italy, where there have been 300 cases and 12 deat...
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New U.S. coronavirus case may be 1st from unknown originFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - State and federal health officials are trying to locate everyone who came in contact with a northern California woman believed to be the first in th...
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Countries take harsh steps as they struggle to contain virusFeb 27, 2020 12:00 am - BANGKOK - Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam's holiest sites, South Korea toughened penalties for those breaking quarantines and airports across Latin America looked for s...
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How deadly is new coronavirus? It's still too early to tellFeb 26, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists can't tell yet how deadly the new virus that's spreading around the globe really is - and deepening the mystery, the fatality rate differs e...
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What the state is doing about coronavirusFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois state health department says it is taking proactive steps against the spread of novel coronavirus as federal authorities warn that a spread of...
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Trump to detail U.S. coronavirus efforts. Schumer seeks $8.5 billion to fight virusFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump pushed back Wednesday against criticism that his administration isn't doing enough to meet the coronavirus threat, as lawmakers ...
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U.S. stocks fluctuate amid coronavirus concernFeb 26, 2020 12:00 am - U.S. equities swung between gains and losses as investors digested fresh evidence of the widening coronavirus outbreak. The dollar advanced. The S&P 500 dipped after a r...
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'Time is everything': World braces for spread of new virusFeb 25, 2020 6:00 am - China's massive travel restrictions, house-to-house checks, huge isolation wards and lockdowns of entire cities bought the world valuable time to prepare for the global ...
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CDC warns of broad disruption if virus spreads across U.S.Feb 25, 2020 12:00 am - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans should prepare for significant disruptions of daily life if the coronavirus outbreak that began in China be...