Articles filed under Health Crises
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Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving livesAug 12, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday. The preliminary ...
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Is pot safe when pregnant? Study seeks answer, draws criticsAug 07, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Pregnancy started out rough for Leslie Siu. Morning sickness and migraines had her reeling and barely able to function at a demanding New York marketing j...
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Rwanda, Congo restrict unnecessary border travel amid EbolaAug 07, 2019 7:00 am - KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Rwanda and Congo are discouraging travel across their border to prevent further spread of the highly contagious Ebola virus. Travel restrictions ar...
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Crespo to be honored at nonprofit's fundraiser Oct. 4Aug 07, 2019 1:00 am - Leyden Family Service and the SHARE Program will host their 17th annual fundraiser gala, "Handing Out Hope," at 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, at the Marriott Chicago Northwest,...
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Boom in overdose-reversing drug is tied to fewer drug deathsAug 06, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Prescriptions of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone are soaring, and experts say that could be a reason overdose deaths have stopped rising for the fir...
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FDA says Novartis withheld data problem before drug approvalAug 06, 2019 7:00 am - TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. regulators want to know why Novartis didn't disclose a problem with testing data until after the Swiss drugmaker's $2.1 million gene therapy wa...
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Uganda begins largest trial of experimental Ebola vaccineAug 02, 2019 7:00 am - KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) - Researchers in Uganda have launched the largest-ever trial of the experimental Ebola vaccine that is expected to be deployed in neighboring Congo,...
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Cities again see more overdose deaths than country townAug 02, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. drug overdose deaths had been most common in Appalachia and other rural areas in recent years, but they are back to being more concentrated in big c...
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Former Ebola patient calls attention to current outbreakAug 02, 2019 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - As the second deadliest Ebola outbreak in history rages in Congo, a doctor who survived the deadly disease five years ago worries that people aren't payin...
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1-year-old daughter, wife of Congo's Goma victim have EbolaAug 01, 2019 7:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - The wife and 1-year-old daughter of the man who died of Ebola in Goma this week have tested positive for the disease, health officials confirmed T...