Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Twin births in US now going down, at lowest level in decadeOct 03, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fewer U.S. families are seeing double, according to a government report that finds a drop in new twins. Twin births steadily increased for more than thre...
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IU Med School getting $36M grant for Alzheimer’s researchOct 02, 2019 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The National Institutes of Health has awarded the Indiana University School of Medicine a $36 million grant over five years for a drug discovery cent...
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Group pulls video that stirred talk of designer babiesOct 02, 2019 7:00 am - A government-funded group that’s leading efforts to set standards for gene editing has pulled a video it posted in the wake of concern about how it portrayed the ethic...
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Verbal autopsies used in push to better track global deathsOct 01, 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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CVS stops sale of heartburn drugs with suspect contaminantSep 30, 2019 7:00 am - CVS has halted sales of popular heartburn treatment Zantac and its generic store brand after warnings by U.S. health regulators. It's the latest precautionary move by re...
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How risky is eating red meat? New papers provoke controversySep 30, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Eating red meat is linked to cancer and heart disease, but are the risks big enough to give up burgers and steak? A team of international researchers say...