Articles filed under Health Crises
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DuPage awards $100,000 to nonprofit groups to help fight the opioid epidemicFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - As DuPage County faces a persistently high rate of opioid overdoses, a task force will award grants for nonprofit groups to expand access to addiction treatment for unin...
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Illinois can now test for coronavirus in-state, cutting down wait timesFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health now has the ability to test for the 2019...
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Epilepsy treatment side effect: New insights about the brainFeb 11, 2020 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Though Genette Hofmann is still using her brain, last month she donated a bit of it - to science. Hofmann needed the surgery - her Seattle surgeon was loo...
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WHO chief 'very encouraged' by dip in Congo Ebola casesFeb 11, 2020 6:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - The head of the World Health Organization said Tuesday that experts are "very encouraged'ť after only three new cases of Ebola have been reported i...
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Virus cases in Hong Kong apartments recall SARS memoriesFeb 11, 2020 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - The diagnosis of four people living in a single Hong Kong apartment block who were sickened by a new virus is prompting worried comparisons with the dea...
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Drugs fail to slow decline in inherited Alzheimer's diseaseFeb 10, 2020 6:00 am - Two experimental drugs failed to prevent or slow mental decline in a study of people who are virtually destined to develop Alzheimer's disease at a relatively young age ...
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Coronavirus forces world's largest work-from-home experimentFeb 09, 2020 5:21 am - Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, working from home is no longer a privilege in China, it's a necessity. While factories, shops, hotels and restaurants are warning abo...
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Harper quashes coronavirus rumorsFeb 09, 2020 12:00 am - Harper College officials say they have looked into a recent report that a student might have been exposed to the coronavirus and confirmed that the student was not infec...
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Mainland China reports virus death toll rises to 811, surpassing SARS fatalities in 2002-2003; total cases up to 37,198Feb 08, 2020 6:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Mainland China reports virus death toll rises to 811, surpassing SARS fatalities in 2002-2003; total cases up to 37,198. ...
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FDA crackdown on vaping flavors has blind spot: disposablesFeb 08, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government on Thursday began enforcing restrictions on flavored electronic cigarettes aimed at curbing underage vaping. But some teenagers may...