Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Some hospitals wary as new liver transplant rules beginFeb 03, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Long-delayed rules that will more broadly share scarce donated livers go into effect Tuesday, to the dismay of some hospitals in Tennessee, Kansas and ...
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Study is halted as HIV vaccine fails test in South AfricaFeb 03, 2020 6:00 am - The latest attempt at an HIV vaccine has failed, as researchers announced Monday they have stopped giving the experimental shots in a major study. The study had enrolled...
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Experts prepare but new China virus not a pandemic yetFeb 03, 2020 6:00 am - Health authorities are preparing for a possible pandemic as they work to contain a respiratory illness in China that's caused by a new virus. Governments are limiting tr...
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How coronavirus in China could hurt Illinois soybean farmersFeb 03, 2020 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Soybean farmers in Illinois cannot catch a break. After a promising trade deal with China last month gave farmers hope amid an intense trade war, the deadl...
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New China virus details show challenge for outbreak controlFeb 02, 2020 6:00 am - It can spread person to person, even if someone is showing no symptoms. The next in line can continue to pass it on. The incubation period is so long that people may not...
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FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergyJan 31, 2020 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The first treatment for peanut allergies is about to hit the market, a big step toward better care for all kinds of food allergies -- but still a long ...