Articles filed under Health Crises
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US urges shared decisions with pain patients taking opioidsOct 10, 2019 7:00 am - U.S. health officials again warned doctors Thursday against abandoning chronic pain patients by abruptly stopping their opioid prescriptions. The U.S. Department of Heal...
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3 sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in USOct 08, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. infections from three sexually transmitted diseases have risen for the fifth consecutive year. More than 1.7 million cases of chlamydia (kluh-MID'-e...
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Doctors turn to thumbs for diagnosis and treatment by textOct 08, 2019 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn't even leave her dining room. The emerge...
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State military leaders call obesity rates a national security threatOct 08, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD —- Current and former leaders of the Illinois Air National Guard said Tuesday the obesity rate in the United States has become a national security threat, an...
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Indiana residents urged to get flu shots as flu season nearsOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's health commissioner is urging Hoosiers to get their flu shots soon because flu cases are already appearing around the state. State Health C...
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$1 million fed grant to help DuPage study, fight opioid addictionOct 07, 2019 1:00 am - DuPage County plans to start an opioid fatality review team to see if it can find common factors in overdose deaths and identify risk factors that lead to opioid abuse. ...
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Verbal autopsies used in push to better track global deathsOct 06, 2019 7:00 am - KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - One afternoon last month, a young woman with a tablet computer sat next to Alphonsine Umurerwa on the living room couch, asking questions, listenin...
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Tanzania rejects suspicions that it covered up Ebola casesOct 03, 2019 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Tanzania on Thursday rejected suspicions that it might have covered up cases of the deadly Ebola virus, calling it a plot to show the country “in...
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What we know about the US vaping illness outbreakOct 03, 2019 7:00 am - U.S. health officials continue to look for patterns in the hundreds of serious lung injuries reported in people who use electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices. A...
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US vaping illnesses top 1,000; death count is up to 18Oct 03, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The number of vaping-related illnesses has surpassed 1,000, and there’s no sign the outbreak is fading, U.S. health officials said Thursday. Doctors sa...