Articles filed under Health Crises
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What if you knew a cookie would take 20 minutes to run off?Dec 20, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Would you put down that bag of chips if you saw it had 170 calories? What if the label said it would take 16 minutes of running to burn off those calorie...
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'Vast majority' of vaping illnesses blamed on vitamin EDec 20, 2019 6:00 am - Health officials now blame vitamin E acetate for the 'œvast majority'ť of cases in the U.S. outbreak of vaping illnesses and they say doctors should monitor patients mor...
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FDA warns of breathing risks with popular nerve drugsDec 19, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators are warning that popular nervous system medications can cause dangerous breathing problems when combined with opioids and certai...
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Food poisoningˆ linked to hard-boiled eggs in food serviceDec 19, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pregnant women, people over the age of 65 and people with weakened immune systems should throw away store-bought hard-boiled eggs because of a food poiso...
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Study estimates that half of US adults will be obese by 2030Dec 18, 2019 6:00 am - There's no way to sugarcoat this news: Nearly half of American adults will be obese within a decade and one-quarter will be severely so, a new report predicts. It correc...
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WHO sees tobacco drop among men, but vaping effects unclearDec 18, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Worldwide, the number of men using traditional tobacco products has finally started to decline, health officials said Thursday. Four out of five tobacco ...
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Walk-in clinics for opioid addiction offer meds first, fastDec 18, 2019 6:00 am - OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Every time she got out of jail, Jamie Cline started hustling again for heroin, driven by an addiction she didn't understand. 'œYou want to get clea...
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Watch for whooping coughDec 18, 2019 12:00 am - The Lake County Health Department is investigating 151 cases of pertussis, also known as whooping cough, an increase from the past two years. Symptoms, including runny n...
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US proposes new rules to increase organ transplantsDec 17, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. government is overhauling parts of the nation's transplant system to make sure organs from the dead no longer go to waste - and to make it eas...
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US permits sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotineDec 17, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health officials on Tuesday endorsed a type of cigarette that could help ease the addictive grip of smoking by delivering very low levels of nicot...