Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Doctor's death highlights dangers on front lines of outbreakFeb 07, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The death of a doctor who issued an early warning about the new virus in China represents a grim reminder that the first health care workers to recognize n...
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Couple diagnosed with coronavirus now out of Hoffman Estates hospitalFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - A Chicago couple who were diagnosed with the deadly coronavirus have been discharged from a Hoffman Estates hospital. Amita St. Alexius Medical Center spokesman Timothy ...
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Conant student has whooping coughFeb 07, 2020 12:00 am - A student at Conant High School in Hoffman Estates has been diagnosed with whooping cough, according to a letter sent to parents and guardians by Principal Julie Nowak T...
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Experts scramble, but new virus vaccine may not come in timeFeb 06, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The flu-like virus that exploded from China has researchers worldwide once again scrambling to find a vaccine against a surprise health threat, with no...
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DuPage opioid deaths decrease by 2, but coroner still calls numbers 'not good'Feb 06, 2020 12:00 am - Two fewer people died from opioid overdoses in DuPage County in 2019 than in 2018. But the slight progress - from 98 opioid-related deaths two years ago to 96 last year...
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One dead, two others sickened by Legionnaires' disease at Vernon Hills senior living centerFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - Lake County health officials are investigating a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that killed one resident and sickened two others at a senior living center in Vernon Hill...
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In virus outbreak, fretting over a name that might go viralFeb 04, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - West Nile virus, Lyme disease, Ebola virus. And now: 2019-nCoV? 'œJust rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?'ť said Trevor Hoppe, a researcher at the Univer...
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Officials question report of virus spreading before symptomsFeb 04, 2020 6:00 am - German health officials have raised questions about a report that suggested the new virus from China could be spread by people who are not yet showing symptoms. The repo...