Articles filed under Health Crises
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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...
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Correction: Measles Outbreak storySep 17, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Sept. 16 about measles, The Associated Press reported erroneously how long it had been since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention re...
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Krishnamoorthi calls for immediate ban on flavored e-cigarettesSep 17, 2019 1:00 am - In the wake of growing anxiety over vaping-related deaths, U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Tuesday urged an immediate ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes and calle...
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US urges transparency in Ebola-like death in TanzaniaSep 16, 2019 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Tanzanian authorities must show transparency in the case of a patient who recently died after suffering Ebola-like symptoms, the U.S. health and h...
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Many US women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teensSep 16, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The first sexual experience for 1 in 16 U.S. women was forced or coerced intercourse in their early teens, encounters that for some may have had lasting h...
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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...