Articles filed under Health Crises
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Questions complicate efforts to contain new virus from ChinaFeb 15, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Reports one day suggest the respiratory outbreak in China might be slowing, the next brings word of thousands more cases. Even the experts have whiplas...
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Tweeting in a time of coronavirus: Woman uses social media to lighten mood on cruise shipFeb 15, 2020 5:21 am - Christina Kerby was corralled aboard a massive luxury cruise ship, charting a meandering course somewhere in the South China Sea, when she began thinking about the apoca...
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Local coronavirus patients released from isolationFeb 15, 2020 12:00 am - Two local patients diagnosed in January with the coronavirus (COVID-19) were released Friday from home isolation, according to health departments from the state of Illin...
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Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits US kidsFeb 14, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade. The number of child deaths and the hosp...
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Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits U.S. kidsFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK - A second wave of flu is hitting the U.S., turning this into one of the nastiest seasons for children in a decade. The number of child deaths and the hospitali...
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Weight loss drug Belviq pulled from market over cancer riskFeb 13, 2020 6:00 am - The maker of a weight loss drug pulled it from the market Thursday at the request of federal regulators, who said it posed a slight increased risk of cancer. Japan's Eis...
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US announces 15th virus case, this one in Texas evacueeFeb 13, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. officials on Thursday announced the country's 15th confirmed case of the new coronavirus - an evacuee from China who had been under quarantine in Te...
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US survey finds smaller decline in medical bill worriesFeb 12, 2020 6:00 am - The proportion of people in families struggling to pay medical bills is down, but the number isn't dropping like it used to, according to a big government study. In a 2...
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China's Communist Party faces its biggest crisis since SARSFeb 12, 2020 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's ruling Communist Party needs to make a politically fraught decision: Admit a viral outbreak isn't under control and cancel this year's highest-pro...
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UN: Congo's Ebola outbreak slows but still global emergencyFeb 12, 2020 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The World Health Organization said although signs are now 'œextremely positive'ť in Congo that the Ebola outbreak is winding down, the epidemic remains a g...