Articles filed under Health Crises
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Whooping cough case at Stevenson High SchoolSep 24, 2019 1:00 am - A student at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire has been diagnosed with pertussis, the school announced this week. Also called whooping cough, the disease is a highly...
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2nd Ebola vaccine to be used in Congo, as UN efforts slammedSep 23, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The World Health Organization on Monday announced Congo will start using a second experimental Ebola vaccine, as efforts to stop the deadly outbreak are st...
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Vaping-related illnesses have state officials, lawmakers seeking answersSep 23, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois officials agree the growing number of severe respiratory illnesses related to vaping must be addressed, and in recent days, the state's chief exec...
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UN agency: Tanzania not sharing details on Ebola-like casesSep 22, 2019 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The World Health Organization has issued an unusual statement raising questions about whether Tanzania is covering up possible cases of the deadly Eb...
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Correction: Rare Mosquito Disease storySep 20, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Sept. 18 about a rare mosquito-borne disease, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of a CDC scientist. He is Dr. Marc Fischer, not M...
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US awards $3M to fill gaps in medical marijuana researchSep 19, 2019 7:00 am - The U.S. government will spend $3 million to find out if marijuana can relieve pain, but none of the money will be used to study the part of the plant that gets people h...
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US vaping illnesses top 500, Missouri man is 8th deathSep 19, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - More than 500 people have been diagnosed with vaping-related breathing illnesses, but the cause remains unknown, U.S. health officials said Thursday. An ...
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Will combo pill catch on in US to prevent heart attacks?Sep 18, 2019 7:00 am - A cheap, daily pill that combines four drugs has been tested for the first time in the United States to see if it works as well among low-income Americans as it has in o...
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Teen vaping of nicotine jumped again this year, survey findsSep 18, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A greater share of U.S. teens are vaping nicotine e-cigarettes. About 25% of high school seniors surveyed this year said they vaped nicotine in the previ...
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Study finds air pollution reaches placenta during pregnancySep 17, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - A new study suggests when a pregnant woman breathes in air pollution, it can travel beyond her lungs to the placenta that guards her fetus. Pollution c...