Articles filed under Health Crises
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US health officials report new vaping deaths, repeat warningSep 06, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses. Offici...
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Marijuana use by US college students up, highest in 35 yearsSep 05, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. college students are using marijuana at the highest rates in 35 years, according to a report released Thursday. About 43% of full-time college stude...
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Elk Grove Village continues to tackle opioid crisis with Sept. 14 eventSep 03, 2019 1:00 am - In an effort to educate more residents about the opioid crisis and connect those in need to treatment and substance abuse resources, Elk Grove Village and the Kenneth Yo...
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UN chief visits Congo Ebola region, pledging supportSep 01, 2019 7:00 am - BENI, Congo (AP) - The United Nations secretary general visited Congo's eastern city of Beni on Sunday, pledging solidarity as the region faces an Ebola outbreak that ha...
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Four Batavia retirement home residents hospitalized with Legionnaires' diseaseAug 31, 2019 1:00 am - Kane County Health officials are investigating the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has sent four residents of a Batavia retirement community to the hospi...
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Uganda: 9-year-old girl from Congo dies of EbolaAug 30, 2019 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A 9-year-old Congolese girl who tested positive for Ebola in neighboring Uganda has died, Ugandan authorities said Friday, as the World Health Org...
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As with adults, no easy way to address weight with childrenAug 30, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Red, yellow, green. It's a system for conveying the healthfulness of foods, and at the center of a debate about how to approach weight loss for children....
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New genetic links to same-sex sexual behavior foundAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The largest study of its kind found new evidence that genes contribute to same-sex sexual behavior, but it echoes research that says there are no specific...
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Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 statesAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September, according to the first U.S. government report on the outbreaks in the overloade...
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Uganda says a traveling Congolese girl has EbolaAug 29, 2019 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - A 9-year-old Congolese girl tested positive for Ebola in Uganda on Thursday after traveling from Congo, where an outbreak of the highly infectious...