Articles filed under Health Crises
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Congo police detain ex-health minister in Ebola funds probeSep 14, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Police in Congo have detained the former minister of health amid an investigation into the use of Ebola funds as confirmed Ebola deaths rose to ne...
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Gurnee teen sues over 'severe lung disease' blamed on vapingSep 14, 2019 1:00 am - A Gurnee teenager is suing the e-cigarette company Juul, claiming he was a victim of deceptive marketing and that he suffered "severe lung disease" as a result of using ...
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Congo Ebola survivor passes college exam taken in isolationSep 13, 2019 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - The young Ebola patient who took his college entrance exam while being treated in isolation has passed the demanding test, to the joy of many in Congo...
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Opioid education, resources and support forum Saturday in Elk Grove VillageSep 13, 2019 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village Cares and the Kenneth Young Center are hosting a community awareness event from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, to provide education, resource...
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US officials revise vaping illness count to 380 in 36 statesSep 12, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. government has refined how it is measuring an outbreak of breathing illnesses in people who vape, now counting only cases that are most closely ...
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Raoul rejects reported settlement with OxyContin makerSep 12, 2019 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week said he would reject a settlement with opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma under its reported current terms. ...
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Dutch court clears doctor in landmark euthanasia trialSep 11, 2019 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - A Dutch doctor was acquitted Wednesday in a landmark trial that prosecutors and physicians hope will help clarify how the country's 2002 eu...
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A gene-editing first: scientists tried CRISPR to fight HIVSep 11, 2019 7:00 am - Scientists are reporting the first use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a patient's HIV infection by providing blood cells that were altered to resist the ...
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4 more Legionnaires' cases at Batavia senior living facilitySep 11, 2019 1:00 am - Four additional cases of Legionnaires' disease have been reported at Batavia's Covenant Living at the Holmstad, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 12, offic...
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Scientists rethink Alzheimer's, diversifying the drug searchSep 10, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - When researchers at the University of Kentucky compare brains donated from people who died with dementia, very rarely do they find one that bears only ...